Live
- PM Modi highlights govt's efforts to make Odisha prosperous and one of the fastest-growing states
- Hezbollah fires 200 rockets at northern, central Israel, injuring eight
- Allu Arjun's Family Appearance on Unstoppable with NBK Breaks Viewership Records
- Unity of hearts & minds essential for peace & progress, says J&K Lt Governor
- IPL 2025 Auction: I deserve Rs 18 cr price, says Chahal on being acquired by Punjab Kings
- EAM Jaishankar inaugurates new premises of Indian embassy in Rome
- Sailing vessel INSV Tarini embarks on second leg of expedition to New Zealand
- Over 15,000 people affected by rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka
- IPL 2025 Auction: RCB acquire Hazlewood for Rs 12.50 cr; Gujarat Titans bag Prasidh Krishna at Rs 9.5 crore
- Maharashtra result reflects the outcome of Congress' destructive politics: BJP's Shazia Ilmi
Railway line to Kodagu district back on track as SWR awards FLO to Bengaluru firm
Railway line to Kodagu district back on track as SWR awards FLO to Bengaluru firm
The project is estimated to cost Rs 1,650 crore
Mysuru: The South Western Railways (SWR) has awarded tender for final location survey (FLO) to a Bengaluru-based firm for a new railway line from Mysuru to Kushalnagar in Kodagu district for Rs 1.26 crore. The proposed line is 88 km long.
According to SWR officials, the tender was invited for the first time in December 2020, but it was rejected as it did not meet eligibility criteria. A fresh tender was floated in June and a Bangalore company bagged the contract. The survey work is expected to begin by September first week and the FLO report will be submitted within six months.
This proposed railway line will connect Mysuru to Kodagu which is the only district in the State without A railway connectivity.
It is decades old dream of the people of the district to have a railway connectivity as lakhs of tourists visit it every year. The project is estimated to cost Rs 1,650 crore 50 percent of which will be borne by the state government.
The promise to build the new railway line was made in 2009 by the then Union railway state minister K H Muniyappa. However, the railways dropped the project as it was found economically unviable.
Kodagu-Mysuru parliament member Prathap Simha vowed in 2014 to fulfil the dream of the people in the district and he even declared in an interview to a TV channel that he would not contest in the next election if he failed to keep his word. However, Simha contested in the 2019 parliament election though the project was not sanctioned officially, saying that the railway line work was under process.
Kodagu district produces more than 30 percent of coffee in India and 70 percent of which is exported. The railway line reduces the transport cost of coffee and other spices produced in the district like cardamom, pepper, etc., to the Cochin port. The line also will reduce travelling cost of people to Mysuru and Bengaluru and other States.
