Shri Suresh Angadi conducts review meeting for speeding up Bagalkot-Kudachi New railway line project

Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways, Shri Suresh Angadi conducted a review meeting at Belagavi on 13.07.2020  for speeding up Bagalkot-Kudachi New railway line project. The 142 km long Bagalkot-Kudachi new railway line project was sanctioned in the year 2010-11 with an anticipated cost of Rs. 986.30 crores o­n 50:50 cost sharing basis and land free of cost by the Government of Karnataka. 

  • In the first phase, 30 KM of Bagalkot-Khajjidoni new section has been commissioned in June, 2018.
  • In Bagalkot district, between Bagalkot-Khajjidoni section, out of 632 Acres, 11 Gunta and 05 Annas of land required, Government of Karnataka has acquired 615 acres, 22 Gunta of land and still 16 acres, 29 Gunta, 05 Annas of land has to be handed over to the railways.
  • In Khajjidoni-Terdal line, out of 1349 acres, 38 Gunta 14 Annas of land required, Govt. of Karnataka has acquired 454 Acres, 39 Gunta, 02 Annas of land.
  • In Belagavi district, between Terdal and Kudachi, out of 467 Acres, 10 Gunta, 01 anna of land required GOK has acquired 231 Acres, 05 Gunta and 04 Annas of land and 236 Acres, 04 Gunta, 13 Anna of land yet to be acquired. 
  • Shri Suresh Angadi, directed the District Administration to expedite the land acquisition so that the line can be completed.
  • He also instructed the railway officials to put boundary stone between Khajjidoni and Lokapur within 15 days and call for tender to commence the new line work up to Lokapur. 
  • During the meeting Shri Veeranna Charantimath discussed the construction of New Goods Shed at Navanagar and also about new station building work at Bagalkot.
  • Shri Duryodhan Aihole, requested to expedite the ROB work at Raybag and asked for a Waiting room at Raybag station.
  • Hon’ble MoSR directed the officials to construct a shed at Raybag which will be helpful for loading sugar from Sugar Industries.

Shri P.C. Gaddigoudar, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Bagalkot; Shri Veeranna Charantimath, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly, Bagalkot; Shri Siddu Savadi, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly, Terdal; Shri Duryodhan Aihole, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly, Raybag; Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager of South Western Railway; Shri M.G. Hiremath, DC of Belagavi; Captain Rajendra, DC of Bagalkot; Shri B.G. Mallya, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer; Shri Vinod Bampal, Chief Track Engineer; Shri Arvind Malkhede, Divisional Railway Manager of  Hubballi Division; Shri Prem Narayan, Chief Engineer, Construction and others attended the meeting. 


Source: South Western Railway-Press Release