Bangalore-Mysore line hits a roadblock at Srirangapatna

Bangalore-Mysore line hits a roadblock at Srirangapatna

Staff Reporter
BANGALORE: South Western Railway (SWR) general manager Praveen Kumar on Thursday said lack of consensus on shifting a monument at Srirangapatna has been delaying the doubling of the Bangalore-Mysore Railway line from Mysore side.

He was inaugurating water vending machine at the City Railway Station here.

Mr. Kumar said an armoury, said to be belonging to the Tipu Sultan era, has come in the way of the doubling project. The route alignment after the proposed bridge over Cauvery came on the monument and the State Government had not taken any action on shifting the monument. The Railways promising to fund the entire relocation operation. The armoury had not been a big attraction, but gained prominence only after it came in the new line’s alignment, he said. The doubling work, which was nearly complete between Bangalore and Ramanagaram, is yet to start from Mysore side. Even if the monument was relocated, it would take at least three years to complete the construction of the bridge across Cauvery and two more heavy bridges had to be built between Srirangapatna and Ramanagaram.

World class
On construction of the world-class station at Byappanahalli in Bangalore, Mr. Praveen Kumar said the railways had signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese consortium for the Rs. 100-crore project. The project would be undertaken under public-private partnership and the available space would be utilised for commercial purposes too apart from providing passenger amenities, he said. When complete, it would be the third major terminal for Bangalore.