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No Commuter Rail Proposal from GOK - PMO
Written By kbsyed61 - 25 February, 2013
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"No proposal was received from Government of Karnataka to start the Commuter Rail Service in Bangalore" was the reply from Prime Minister's office to a RTI query.
Often we criticize the central government for their lack of interests in infrastructure projects in Karnataka State. "Step motherly" treatment is the phrase often we hear. Here is an instance of state's disinterest in pursuing Namma Railu aka CRS project for Bengaluru.
The RTI in question had been filed to get the copies of communication between GOI and GOK regarding the GOK's proposal to start the Namma Railu Service in Bangalore. These are the questions that were asked to PMO via the RTI:
- Has Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) received any representation from Government of Karnataka for starting the Commuter/Suburban Rail Service project for Bangalore city?
- If yes, please provide a copy of the communications between Govt of Karnataka and PMO.
- If yes, what action has been taken by PMO and the current status?
- If yes, has the PMO taken up this matter with Ministry of Railways or Railway Board for their perusal?
- If yes, has the PMO received any response from other ministries and departments regarding their decision in this matter?
- Copy of all the communication between PMO and other ministries and department concerning the Commuter/Suburban Rail Service project for Bangalore city.
COMMENTS
kamalakar pandit - 26 February, 2013 - 05:59
If Govt is keen to allocate for Mata's ...then we should rename CRS to Namma Railu Mata....atleast they will blindly allocate some 100 crs...what a pitty...no one is bothered to improve our city....as i said earier political will has to be there... we badly miss people like Mr.Modi or Mr.Chandra Babu Naidu.....who do things differently....
extensions of trains in budget
srinidhi - 26 February, 2013 - 09:01
Here is a list of new trains and extensions in the budget..
Many (4) trains are extended to Mysore and one of them is a daily..is this a way to say the tracks are occupied for CRS?
kamalakar pandit - 26 February, 2013 - 09:16
With Great difficulty i found Bangalore name in Railway Budget....
abidpqa - 26 February, 2013 - 11:04
Other party people also could have send proposals not just ruling party, Now, it seems no party is interested, maybe Praja needs to put up some candidates. Aswin Mahesh gives some hope
srinidhi - 26 February, 2013 - 01:41
Govt doesnt see value with CRS or rather doesnt want to look that way cos it does not have a fancy tag like metro attached to it and doesnt cost too much!
Hope CRS makes it to the manifesto for the coming elections and it gets it due attention that way..maybe also makes it to the supplimentary budget allocation?
Btw J Shettar has already done a supplimentary budget this year..allocating 500 crores for mutts and temples looking at the coming election..just hours after the main budget presentation...we know their priorities!!
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