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Nov 22, 2013

Karnataka seeks Railways’ nod for Suburban Network



Ministry urged to contribute 50 p.c. of Rs. 8,759-crore project. The Karantaka government had initiated a feasibility study to understand the capacity constraints of the existing railway infrastructure

Bangalore: The Karnataka government has asked the Ministry of Railways to not only approve a commuter rail system (CRS) for the city, but also be an active partner in Bangalore Suburban Railway Company Ltd.

Two days before demitting office, Chief Secretary S.V. Ranganath on October 28 wrote to Pradeep Kumar, project adviser, Railway Board, requesting the ministry to give its concurrence for participation in the project. He also urged the ministry to pick up equity in Bangalore Suburban Railway Company Ltd. and contribute 50 per cent of the project cost. The project cost is estimated to be Rs. 8,759 crore.

Mr. Ranganath said, “The Government of Karnataka has been continuously requesting the Ministry of Railways to concur to the implementation of a suburban rail system in Bangalore. The State government had initiated a feasibility study by M/s RITES to understand the capacity constraints of the existing railway infrastructure. On the basis of RITES’s report, the government has already initiated action for preparation of a detailed report for the first phase of the project, setting up of Bangalore Suburban Railway Company Ltd. and acquisition of Binny Mill’s land for the project.”
Three phases

The feasibility report had recommended implementation of the project in three phases. Phase 1 will focus on areas where demand is very high and phase 2 on the remaining places. In phase 3, the focus will be on additional halts and increasing the number of cars in each rake from nine to 15.

Mr. Ranganath said that, among other things, phase 1 would involve electrification of some stretches, setting up an automatic signalling system, investment in facilities at terminals and rolling stock. This work would be classified as phase 1A for which the estimated cost is about Rs. 950 crore.

It would cover Bangalore–Mysore, Bangalore–Bangarpet and Bangalore–Tumkur sectors.

Mr. Ranganath said an investment of Rs. 173 crore needs to be made in the Mysore and Bangarpet sectors, which includes Rs. 105 crore on five rakes of mainline electrical multiple units (MEMU) and construction of additional pit lines at Byappanahalli and Yeshwantpur stations.

The Bangalore–Tumkur sector has a double line, but it is yet to be electrified and requires an automatic signalling system. The total investment in this sector, including maintenance sheds for MEMUs, would come to Rs. 777 crore.

Once operational, Mr. Ranganath expects phase 1A to generate about six lakh trips per day on the suburban network. Once all three phases are completed, the figure would go up to about 25 lakh trips per day.

Source.. Rail News

Railway construction work crippled in Manipur since Nov 12



IMPHAL, 21-Nov: The on-going railway construction works in the State has been crippled due to the ban on national projects by the All Tribal Students Union Manipur (ATSUM) since November 12.

This came to light when a team of media persons visited the railway construction sites in Tamenglong district on Tuesday.

The ATSUM had imposed a ban on national projects since November 11 midnight demanding the improvement of the educational atmosphere in the hill districts by recruiting adequate teaching and non-teaching staff and building infrastructure for schools, besides providing proper health care centres in the hill areas.

Around 10 private companies were engaged in the 98-km broad gauge railway line construction between Jiribam and Tupul in Manipur. According to Hyderabad-based Sushi Infra Private Limited project manager Sisikiran, the construction work has been stopped since the imposition of the ban.

He said, 19 tunnels out of the 34 awarded to his company, have been completed. A representative of Nayak Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Kasudev said that all machinery are lying idle due to the ban.

Meanwhile, the 48-hour bandh called by the United Naga Council (UNC) on all the highways passing through Naga areas has hit the vehicular movement on the two National Highways connecting the State with the rest of the country today.

The bandh, which began on Tuesday midnight was called to denounce the government’s failure to hold the seventh round of tripartite talks involving UNC, State and Central Government. The last round of talks on an alternative arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur outside the State Government was held in New Delhi on August 30.

Source.. Rail News
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