<p> The train services on the newly-laid Kadur-Chikmagalur route will begin on November 19, Union Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Railways has plans to implement projects worth Rs 23,000 crore in Karnataka. They will be executed in a phased manner if the State government provides necessary land and other facilities,” Kharge said here on Friday. He was speaking after inaugurating the broadugauge line between Kolar and Chikkaballapur.<br /><br />The minister said several projects which had been in the backburner, were being taken up on a priority basis. He disclosed that as many as 14 projects mentioned in the Railway budget were yet to be implemented in the State.<br /><br />Major investment<br /><br />Kharge said laying a new rail line unlike plying buses, requires huge amount of investment. A locomotive (rail engine) costs Rs 10 crore while it requires Rs 80 lakh to Rs one crore to build a bogey. <br /><br />A whopping 800 crore people travel by trains across the country per year, he added.<br />Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed that his government has fulfilled 60 of the 169 promises made in the election manifesto.<br /><br />Union ministers Veerappa Moily, K H Muniyappa, District in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, legislators, Dr K Sudhakar, S N Subbareddy, Y A Narayanaswamy and others were present.<br /></p>
<p> The train services on the newly-laid Kadur-Chikmagalur route will begin on November 19, Union Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Railways has plans to implement projects worth Rs 23,000 crore in Karnataka. They will be executed in a phased manner if the State government provides necessary land and other facilities,” Kharge said here on Friday. He was speaking after inaugurating the broadugauge line between Kolar and Chikkaballapur.<br /><br />The minister said several projects which had been in the backburner, were being taken up on a priority basis. He disclosed that as many as 14 projects mentioned in the Railway budget were yet to be implemented in the State.<br /><br />Major investment<br /><br />Kharge said laying a new rail line unlike plying buses, requires huge amount of investment. A locomotive (rail engine) costs Rs 10 crore while it requires Rs 80 lakh to Rs one crore to build a bogey. <br /><br />A whopping 800 crore people travel by trains across the country per year, he added.<br />Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed that his government has fulfilled 60 of the 169 promises made in the election manifesto.<br /><br />Union ministers Veerappa Moily, K H Muniyappa, District in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, legislators, Dr K Sudhakar, S N Subbareddy, Y A Narayanaswamy and others were present.<br /></p>
