Union Budget Allocates ₹55 Crore for Mangalore Railway Region of Southern Railway

The interim Union Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday has set apart over ₹55 crore for works in Mangalore Railway Region, including ₹50 crore for line-doubling between Southern Railway’s Jokatte Railway Station and Konkan Railway Corporation’s Thokur Railway Station. The allocation covers works being executed by both the entities in their respective jurisdiction

Apart from allocating funds for Jokatte-Thokur line-doubling, the Budget has also allocated ₹4.74 crore towards completing the additional platform lines at Mangalore Central Railway Station. While additional platforms four and five were made operational recently, provisions including platform shelters and one more footbridge were to be executed in the coming days. The Budget has also allocated ₹1 crore towards Mangalore Junction-Panambur patch doubling and ₹1.2 crore for Netravathi Cabin-Mangalore Central line-doubling to complete minor pending works.

In all, the Budget allocated ₹12,173 crore to Southern Railway to execute various new lines, doubling, gauge conversion, and other works.