Minister for Railways V. Somanna Visited Mangalore Central Railway Station: Know More About This

Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna visited Mangalore central railway station to check the progress in the development work. The minister saod that the blueprint of upgradation of Mangalore central railway station to higher level will be ready in next two months.

With the coastal MPs already writing to the Railway Ministry demanding the merger of KRCL with the Indian Railways as the former faces acute funds shortage to undertake any developmental work, the issue might be reflected in the meeting. Despite being one of the busiest routes and the most sought-after network, the Konkan route has not witnessed any infrastructure improvement ever since its commissioning three decades ago. While no line doubling took place severely crippling KRCL’s handling capacity, the corporation has to seek donors’ help to provide basic amenities in its stations, including Platform Shelters.

Several issues, including the extension of a few trains from Mangalore Junction to Mangalore Central, speeding up of services, the introduction of already announced new trains, including that of Bhavnagar and Rameswaram, the introduction of commuter train service between Mangalore and Karwar, capacity augmentation of Subrahmanya Road-Sakleshpur Ghat section, etc., are likely to be discussed in the meeting. General Managers of the SWR and SR, and the chairman and Managing Director of KRCL, and MPs and MLAs of the region will attend the meeting.