BENGALURU: Since Karnataka gears up to start civil functions of this long-delayed Bengaluru suburban railroad job in October, its strategy to expand it to five adjacent campuses and nearby Tamil Nadu has increased the concerns of fund division.
According to Comprehensive Mobility program, the job is to reap areas of Ramanagara (Ramanagara city ), Chikkaballapura (Chikkaballapur city ), Tumakuru (Tumakuru town ), Bengaluru Rural (Doddaballapur) and Kolar (Bangarpet).
It is very likely to be lengthy to industrial city Hosur.
CMP had proposed suburban railroad be extended out of 149km to 314 kilometers.
In an overview of this undertaking, the expansion plan allegedly got a favorable response in the CM however the finance division increased concerns over further cost of Rs 7,100 crore.
The job is now pegged at Rs 15,767 crore.
The infrastructure creation department allegedly said added costs are going to be within a span of 5-6 years because the job begins from Bengaluru to the present Indian infantry infrastructure.
Government officials explained the expansion program relies on real lunches from Indian Railways to from the adjacent districts.
“For example, according to our information, some 70,000 people travel from and to Bangarpet on trains.
A committed suburban lineup would alleviate the load on the railways,” said a government official agreeing to the assembly.
Further, some expansion of the lineup will efficiently bring in additional revenue to the authorities together with development tasks between Bengaluru along with the six places inclined to find a boom.
Sources said the authorities may ask railways to check in the proposition of expanding the line to Hosur because it entails inter-state nod and construction.
Additional main secretary (infrastructure improvement ) Kapil Mohan stated the authorities will commence discussions with railways about the revised program.
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