RAYBAG

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति/ Press Release No. 170  Dt: 19.07.2020

SHRI SURESH ANGADI, HON’BLE MINISTER OF STATE

 OF RAILWAYS REVIEWS LONDA-MIRAJ AND GADAG-

HOTGI DOUBLING PROJECT

Shri Suresh Angadi, Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways conducted a review meeting with General Managers and other officials of South Western Railway, Central Railway and South Central Railway through Video Conference o­n 17.07.2020. 

During the meeting, Shri Angadi reviewed the progress of Miraj-Londa and Gadag-Hotgi double line project. 

The 186 Km of Londa-Miraj doubling project is being executed in 7 phases.  In Phase-I, 16 Km of doubling between Ghataprabha and Chikkodi Road has been completed and commissioned during December, 2019.

 In Phase-II, the doubling  of 31 Km between Chikkodi Road-Raybag-Chinchli-Kudachi, in Phase-III, 25 Km of Khanapur-Desur-Belagavi doubling, in Phase-IV 25 Km of Londa-Khanapur doubling, in Phase-V, 27 Km of Belagavi-Suldhal doubling, in Phase-VI, 30 Km of Suldhal- Ghataprabha doubling,  in Phase-VII, 33 Km of Kudachi-Miraj doubling works are being executed. Due to COVID-19, work has slowed down from March, 2020. Work recommenced from last week of June, 2020 with limited number of manpower, so as to maintain social distancing. 

Shri Suresh Angadi instructed the Officials to expedite this double line project along with electrification and to complete in two years.

          Road Over Bridge works at Belagavi and Raybag area were also reviewed and Hon’ble MoSR instructed to complete the works in time bound manner.   

Shri Suresh Angadi also reviewed the 284 Km doubling work of Gadag-Hotgi.  Already 115 Km of doubling has been completed.  Another 33 Km between Lachyan and Hotgi doubling is also expected to be commissioned shortly.   o­nce this 33 Km is commissioned a total 148 Km of line from Hotgi to Wandal will become double line.   Shri Suresh Angadi instructed the Officials to complete the remaining  double line work by 2022. 

Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, GM/SWR; hri K.C. Swami, Chief Administrative Officer, Construction; Shri B.G. Mallya, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer; Shri Prem Narayan, Chief Engineer, Construction and Shri T.V. Bhushan, Chief Engineer, Construction, Hubballi from South Western Railway have  attended the Video Conference.

                                                                                           Chief Public Relations Officer

                                                                              South Western Railway, Hubballi

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति/ Press Release No. 161  Dt: 11.07.2020

SHRI SURESH ANGADI, HON’BLE  MINISTER OF STATE OF RAILWAYS CONDUCTS REVIEW MEETING o­n BAGALKOT-KHAJJIDONI NEW RAILWAY LINE PROJECT

Shri Suresh Angadi, Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways conducted a review meeting at Belagavi today for speeding up Bagalkot-Kudachi New railway line project. 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. 

142 km 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 Government of Karnataka.   In the first phase, 30 KM of Bagalkot-Khajjidoni new section has been commissioned during 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 upto Lokapur. 

During the meeting Shri Veeranna Charantimath discussed about 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. 

                                                                                           Chief Public Relations Officer

                                                                              South Western Railway, Hubballi