Kumaraswamy discusses Bengaluru-Sathy railway line with Ashwini Vaishnaw
HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and initiated discussions on implementing the 260-km railway line between Bengaluru and Sathyamangalam (Sathy) in Tamil Nadu.
Kumaraswamy, who met Vaishnaw in Delhi, mentioned that the project was sanctioned when his father, HD Deve Gowda was the Prime Minister in 1996.
According to a map put out by the Indian Railways, the new line, as proposed earlier, branches off at Hejjala on the Mysuru-Bengaluru sector and reaches Chamarajanagar via the industrial hub of Harohalli, Kanakapura, Sathanur, Halaguru, Malavalli, Kollegal and Yelandur covering a length of 142-km. A further extension from here is needed to reach Sathyamangalam.
Parts of villages on the route including the Malavalli assembly segment falls in the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency that Kumaraswamy represents.
People of Channapatna, the constituency in Ramanagara district that Kumaraswamy had represented in the assembly, will benefit if the railway board takes up work on the project covering five districts in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Hejjala comes under Ramanagara district.
Industries & Infrastructure Minister MB Patil welcomed the discussions and urged the Centre to kickstart work on the project soon.
“We discussed the timely completion of delayed and ongoing railway projects in the state, the approval of new railway lines, and securing financial assistance. I had an extensive consultation with the Hon'ble Minister, and I am pleased with his very positive response,” the former chief
