Mysuru-Kushalnagar Railway Line scrapped: MP urges Railway Minister to revive venture  – Star of Mysore – Imperial Wire

Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to revive the scrapped Mysuru-Kushalnagar Railway Line venture, significantly by initiating land acquisition.

In his illustration to the Railway Minister, Yaduveer famous that though some procedures have been accomplished, the venture has slowed down or come to a standstill.

He emphasised that the ultimate location survey for Mysuru (Belagola)-Kushalnagar (87.2 km) line has been accomplished, however the venture was halted for varied causes. He urged the Minister to intervene and restart the venture.

The venture was sanctioned by the Ministry of Railways on Feb. 27, 2019, at an estimated value of Rs. 1,854.62 crore. Within the Union Finances 2022-23, the Centre had allotted Rs. 1,000 crore for the venture. Nonetheless, the venture has now been shelved by the Railway Ministry resulting from low visitors potential and poor monetary returns.

The MP defined to the Railway Minister that Kodagu district lacks railway connectivity, which has severely affected its tourism and plantation-based financial system. Farmers stay depending on saturated street networks for transport.

The venture would offer important alternatives for sustainable tourism in Kodagu, strengthen agricultural and plantation provide chains and join the district with Mysuru and Bengaluru’s progress corridors, he argued.

Yaduveer has assured that he’ll proceed to observe up with the Railway Ministry and officers to make sure each pending tasks are carried out. In keeping with Yaduveer, Minister Vaishnaw has promised to overview the request instantly and take acceptable selections.

‘Hyperlink Mysuru to Chennai-Bengaluru high-speed rail venture’

MP Yaduveer Wadiyar additionally urged the Railway Minister to incorporate Mysuru within the Chennai-Bengaluru high-speed rail venture introduced within the Union Finances 2025-2026. He expressed concern that Mysuru was excluded regardless of being a significant cultural metropolis.

He highlighted that Mysuru is now a outstanding vacationer vacation spot and an rising IT hub and deserves to be built-in into the Chennai-Bengaluru financial hall.

Higher connectivity with Bengaluru would speed up financial progress, he mentioned and added that this is able to additionally assist scale back congestion within the Bengaluru metropolitan space and meet long-standing calls for.