Kalaburagi railway division not feasible: Piyush Goyal

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that the Railway Board did not find it feasible to set up a separate railway division at Kalaburagi.

The proposals made by three divisional managers were sent to the Board for a holistic view about the proposal of setting up a new division at Kalaburagi with an all-India perspective. However the Board did not find it feasible in creating a new division, Goyal said in Rajya Sabha during Question Hour.

Adding that the Minister said “The announcement was made without a detailed feasibility study of carving out a new division. Thereafter, since the announcement was made on the eve of elections and without any adequate study, it was necessary to have a study conducted. A very detailed study was conducted and it was found to be not feasible.”

He was replying to a question raised by Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Mallikarjun Kharge about a proposal set up new railway division head-quartered at Kulbarga in Karnataka,

However, Goyal also said that he will discuss the issue with Kharge separately.

When Kharge was Railway Minister during UPA-II regime, he announced the plan to create a separate railway division headquartered at Kalaburagi.