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Oscar urges Mamata to establish separate railway division at M'lore

February 3, 2011

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Mangalore, February 3: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernandes has urged the Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister of State K H Muniyappa to set up a separate railway division at Mangalore with Mangalore as the headquarter.

Acting on a memorandum given to him by the Mangalore Railway Development Action Committee, he urged both the ministers to consider the feasibility of sanctioning a new railway division to the city.

In the memorandum, the Committee opined that the establishment of Konkan railways between Kanyakumari and Mumbai, the West Coast has become a trunk line.

“Mangalore is almost in the middle of it with one of the oldest railway stations and also it links Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra together through this trunk line. Moreover, Mangalore is a transit place between Goa and Kerala. Hence from the point of view of promoting tourism, Mangalore railway station and other stations nearby have to equip themselves better,” the memorandum stated.

Other demands of the memorandum include doubling of Mangalore-Mumbai railway line, execution of second rail track between Mangalore-Hassan, completion of Shravanabelagola-Bangalore railway line and commencement of Mangalore-Shravanabelagola passenger train, providing railway connectivity from Mangalore to Bajpe international airport through Thokkur railway station, introducing train from Hubli via Londa-Kundapur-Mangalore junction to Bangalore, improvement of Mangalore junction station, New Mangalore Hyderabad Express train via Arisikere-Chitradurga etc.


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January 12,2020

Hubballi, Jan 11: Karnataka Industries Minister Jagadeesh Shatter's mother Basvennamma Shivappa Shetter passed away here on Friday evening.

She was 86. She is survived by three sons and a daughter.

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January 28,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 28: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Public Works Govind Karjol on Tuesday said that he is ready to quit if the post asks him to do so to pave way for smooth expansion of the Cabinet.

Responding to a question from media persons on the issue here, he said he was ready to quit his post any time.

“If the party asks me to resign now, I will send back my official car and return by bus”, he added.

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