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'Commuter rail service for city still in limbo'
Written By naveen_blr - 7 February, 2011
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The Hindu reports that "Commuter rail service for city still in limbo":
BANGALORE: The proposed commuter rail or circular rail for Bangalore, aimed at decongesting the roads as well as offering speedy journey to harried motorists, appears to be in limbo with the State Government and the Ministry of Railways toeing different lines.
sources in the Government differed on the issue saying “What we want is commuter rail system as a project and not on piece-meal basis by running one or two trains to different locations
Read more here.
Sad but true
COMMENTS
Mr.CM lets pass the buck to IR
naveen_blr - 7 February, 2011 - 09:30
I guess our CM should let the IR does what they can do to provide extra trains for passenger services . In the meanwhile push for full fledged solutions for Commuter Rail.Why waste time now? Service from YPR ->Anekalor Devanahalli to Anekal would be a breather to the heavy rush. Cargo line at BIAL can rewarding for the IR. Let them start the project. We can further push for stops every 2 km.
Regards,
Naveen
saanp bhi mare or laathi bhi na toote
srinidhi - 7 February, 2011 - 07:12
This reads a good example for how to kill a thought by talking sweet!
Pilots are much needed to demonstrate..and they are also come cheap..so a well planned pilots will sure make a big difference!
Was travelling from Tumkur yest and took the tolled road into Blr..it was such a relief driving in and out of Blr using these roads..but what concerned me was that there was already a lot of traffic on this new road..and its a matter of months that traffic on these roads too will get slow!
So a commuter rail is the only long term viable solution for Tumkur and surrounding places!
idontspam - 7 February, 2011 - 13:15
I guess our CM should let the IR does what they can do to provide extra trains for passenger services
I would prefer if they approached it as a total solution with a reliable & predictable timetable and accompanying accessibility infrastructure. This 1 or 2 trains here and there will cause problems in rolling it up organizationally later on and will come with existing inadequate last mile connectivity with other stakeholders not participating in the effort. Total solution requires Govt to show committment to the effort.
BTW our CM has not said or done anything in this regard let alone agree to anything. No formal request apparently has gone from the CM's office to the Railways despite the chief secretary promising to take this up with the railway board last year itself
TO WHOM CM OF KARNATAKA TRYING TO FOOL
Sanjeev - 7 February, 2011 - 14:13
Now its clear, GOK or Yeddi / Reddi does not want this project for Bangalore to solve the Traffic problem. They want to do the road widening & HSRL to make killing money in the process.
Inspite of so many discussion with GoK & SWR, as Chief Secretary was suppose to write letter to Railway Board to take up the Commuter Rail Project for Bangalore & its Suburbs , this was in Sept'2010.
When Chief Secretary has made above commitment during Sept'2010, that means he would have had clearance from CM. Why the proposal iis still held up at CM??
What happened to BJP menifesto for BBMP election in March'2010, has CM or BJP so much insane to their own promises. Also why did he make Rs500 crore allocation in Karnataka State Budget in 2010 for Local Trains for Bangalore.
When nearly 100 acer of land both together Binny Mill Land and NGEF can really makes difference for Commuter Rail, why GoK is not ready to hand oper the required land thru this and get commitment from IR???
If you look at these, GoK / Yeddi & Reddi r firm in getting first HSRL & then make the killing so that they can claim that Commuter Rail is not feasible.
Even for YH-1, GoK has not paid the money & they pretend to co-operate with IR for improvement of Rail facility in Karnataka.
It looks to me, Shimoga & Bellary mey get Local Trains ahead of Capital city Bangalore, we should not be surprised of this if it happens & even state may be ready to share 100% cost & land for these cities .
Why r the 6 / 7 elected MPs from Bangalore & its Suburbs keeping quite from all three party BJP, Congress & JDS on the commuter rail??? Why Muniyyappa himself not requesting CM to send proposal at the earliest, instead he is saying after Rail budget he will look into this, same lines he sang last year during this same period.
Karnataka blamed for railway miseries
idontspam - 7 February, 2011 - 08:37
Karnataka blamed for railway miseries
In case of suburban train services, a proposal has still to be cleared by the office of the chief minister. The railway board’s approval can only be sought once the state government clears it. There is also a dearth of land for the project. The feasibility of the proposed project will be examined after the budget - KH Muniyappa
We agree, now what?
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