All Railway Lines In Karnataka To Be Electrified Within A Year

UNION Minister of State for Railways V Somanna said the electrification of all the lines in Karnataka will be completed within a year and ₹33,000 crore works are in progress in the state.

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Inaugurating the newly-developed Ashokpuram Railway station at the cost of ₹45 crore and flagging off trains here on Saturday, Somanna said the Central government in the 2014 budget allocated ₹845 crore for the railways projects in Karnataka while it is not the case with the Modi government which has allocated ₹7,546 crore.

Taunting the state government for accusing that nothing has been given to state in the Union Budget, the Union Minister said work on Tumakuru-Rayadurga, Tumakuru-Chitradurga, Tumakuru-Chitradurga-Davangere, Bagalkot-Hubballi, Dharwad-Belagavi-Huballi-Ankola, Gadag-Wadi, Shivamogga-Renebennur, Kadur-Chikkamagalur, Belur-Hassan and Marikuppam-Kuppam lines will be completed in a year as ₹12,000 crore have been released for the works.