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ProceedinQs of the meetinq held on 20.10.2011 under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kamataka with Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways and Hon'ble Members of Parliament from Karnataka reqardinq Railway Projects in the State Members Present (List Enclosed)

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Welcome Address by the Chief SecretafY

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1.1 The Chief Secretary wekomed the Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Railways, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kamataka, Hon'ble Chairman, Legislative CounciJ, State Cabinet Ministers,. Senior officers of Railway Ministry and State Govt. 2. Remarks by the Chief Secretary

2.1 The Chief Secretary stated that Karnataka lags behind its neighbouring St:at~~ :;: . rail connectivity and network, which at present, is only 16.9 kms. per 1,000 qkm. In order to improve it, the State is keen to take up new railway projects on cost sharing. basis. He brought to the notice of the Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways that the_State has been pro-actively supporting the faster implementation of railway projects. The Deputy Commissioners have already handed over 1093.17 acres of land in the last 5 months and 1399.34 acres of land would be handed over to the Railways by the end of December 2011. As an outcome of the last meeting held on 20.4.2011 betvveen Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kamataka and the Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Railways, a High Level Committee has been set up under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary with the General Ma.nager, SWR and other senior officers of Railways and State Govt as members. The Chief Secretary stated that both GoK and MaR 'Would work in sync for development of railway projects in the State. He also stated that there is a need to start ~ommuterRaii to connect Bangalore city to other nearby places. 3. Address by the Hon'ble Chief Minister

3,1 The Hon'ble Chief Minister stated that Karnataka is the only State which is giving land free of cost along with 50% of the cost of the project. 1n the recently held Deputy Commissioners Conference, the subject of land acquisition to railway projects was discussed in detail and he has directed aU the Deputy Commissioners to treat this as the top priority. A Special Officer has been appointed in Revenue Department 'exclusively to look into the matter of land acquisition for railway projects. 3.2 He requested the Hon'ble Railway Minister to give early approval for the following projects: Gadag-Haveri Gadag-Wadi Kushalnagaf-Mysore

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4.1 Secretary, 100 made a Power Point' Presentation highlighting the latest position of the railway projects including RoB I RuBs in the State. Gist of the presentation;.( as follows:

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RS.1 ,307 crores has been released to Railways since 2002-'-03; During the current fiscal year, out of the budget provision of Rs.487.63 crares, RS.146 crores has already been released to Railways.he next instalment will be released on production of Utilisation Certificate for the already released amount; Railways to specify time schedule / milestone for each project Monthly physical and financial progress should be share with GoK.; Railways to participate in Lok Ada!at to dear the compensation issue for Kottur-Harihar line; Track laying work of Ramanagara-Mysore 'doubling to be completed early, The State will not share electrification cost as it was not a part of original estimate; With regard to Hassan-Bangalore new line, land requirem~nt for realignment at Kunigal Stud Farm to be submitted to district administration by the Railways immediately and to commence the work from both the end~ (Shraya,oabelagola & Nelamangala) where lands are in possession of Railways; .

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-to submit land requirement proposals for the newly sanctioned projects, viz .. Shimoga-Harihar, Tumkur-Oavangere a.nd Whilefield-Kolar to the respective district administration; To complete partly completed RoB / RuBs in Tumkur, Bellary, Shimoga, Bhadravati, Haveri, Ramanagara, Pandavapura etc.; ~ A time schedule to be prepared for completing RoB / RuBs in the State. The Railway officers 19 foBow Railway Engineering Code 1816 scrupulously and release the Railway share in time, RcVlt.-J'''"t-! 'to upgrade Mangalore City, Bangaiore City and ByappanahaHi Rai!way d Stations which have been sanctioned in 2009-10 budget, but the work has not been started; Commuter Rail Servicefof BangaJore Suburban are<L""r-.~-_:__-~::__-"7_-~__::::__:~-_:::_:_. Jrnpro\/e !iiirastructure at Banga!ore City Rail\'1ay Station so that more number
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Approval for starting work at MG Railway Colony. North Ramp (Swastik and Platform Road) and STC Area may. be accorded as BMRCL has already deposited funds . To extent 21 % rebate on haulage fee for the fiscal year 2009-10 and 2010-11 to make Luxury train project viable. Status

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Land Acquisition

5.1 The Principal Secretary. Revenue Department made a presentation wherein it was stated that 1,093.17 acres of land has already been handed over to the Raihvays and the remaining 1,399.34 acres would be handed over by the end of December 2011. The status of lands acquired and handed over for each project was informed.
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~.1 The Chief Minister invited the Hon'ble MPs to give their views. Their suggestions and requests for works are summarized below: Request

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Hospet-GQa line doubl.ingto be speed up .. - Hubli-Ankola Line to be implemented. 1 Ii Shri Ani! Lad: Rajya -Sabha
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transport fruits & vegetables from Gadag, Koppal Provide sufficient cold storage wagons to Almatti-Koppal started. new line survey work should be

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trhe following lines/projects Bangalore-Hassan line

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r: Tumkur-Rayadurga Davangere-Tumkur (reduce 90 kms. to Pune) new line [ Tumkur-Chamarajanagar RoB / RuB in of T umkur Railway Station \., Modernisation LC 40/41, Tumkur Bangalore- Tumkur line electrification C_ommuter Rail from Bangalore to Tum~ur -~ Release Rs.2 crores for approaches in Nagenahalli RuB " Not to shift Railway Medical College, Mysore D Railway workshop at Mysore to be upgraded

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" Hubii-Mysore and Shimoga-Mysore extended upto Chamarajanagar ill RuB at Nanjangud

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" RoB / RuBs in Belgaum City to be const,ucted Ski Suresh J\ngad:, Be!gaum I" Dharwad-Belgaum Nell Line to start ear]y I . I" Direct train from Hub!: to p/1umbai i
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BangqJore to pass through Tumkur, Davangere, Hubli a'nd Belgaum Reservation Office to be opened at Belgaum Dharwad-Belgaum New Line to ~tart earfy Shatabdi Express from Belgaum to Pune to be. , started. Hubli-Ankola Line to be started early. Sugar Godowns to be constructed at Raibha A MasterPlan for rail network & improved connectivity in Karnataka. High Speed Train from Bangalore to Belgaum '." Compensation to be p~id to land losers immediately through Lok Ada/at for KotturHarihar New Line .. Water Pipeline to be laid at Railway cost where the railway line cuts through the land. Provide rain water discharge at Railway cost. Unscientific drainage constructed near LC 197 to be rectified early. Davangere Railway-Station to be upgraded as 'A' grade station. An intercity train from Harihar to Bangalore MPs should be invited for Railway functions. , Increase budget allocation for Bagalkot-Kudachi New Line . New Line between Belgaum and Karad (Maharashtra) " Extra bogies to the existing Hubli-Belgaum-Miraj Train to ease congestion. Quick response from the railway officers to the. information sought by the MPs.

Shri Anailt Kuma'r Hegde, North KCJnara

Shri G.M.Siddeswara, Davangere

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Construction of godowns at Raibagh Station Stoppage of Oadar- Yeswantpur, Mysore-Dadar and Sharavati Express atRaibagh.

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Mys?re-Dharwad Express to be extended upto MlraJ. A Garib Rath Train from Bangalore to Belgaum via. Tumkur, Davangere, Hubli Keep railway bogies dean and tidy Dedicated bogies should be reserved for I- persons travelling from Mangalore to Bangalore. I Bangalore-Manga!ore day train should run daily. i. Bangalore-Manga!ore train should be extended ! to Karwar via. Udupi, Kundapur. I I r RoB at Padil, Mah2J<ali Paduku and RuB Jappu ! Kudippadi may be sanctioned in the next year's
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National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) immediately. Railways to co-operate with local KUWSDB in shifting 'Underground Drainage .. Suburba n train from Mangalore to Puttur should' be eXtended upto Subramanya. Express Trains should stop at Edamangala. Railway Station. Details on the railway projects taken up in 11

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-Karnataka? . /. year plan to improve the rail density of Survey work for Gadag-Haveri has been

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I- Increase I completed the seat reservation quota for Haveri. arid the work should start early.

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I- .Reservation counters at Ranebennur should be !. opened from 8.00 AM to B.OO PM. ~ One more goods shed should-be opened in I Byadagi. ~ Three railway stations at Haveri, Gadag and i Yelivigi should be upgraded. I- Payment of land acquisition compensation I amount of RS.80 crore of Mehboobnaaari Ginigera line by Railways. ~

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Rani Chennamma Exp to be terminated at Miraj A superfast Express betvveen Bangalore and Be!gaum should effect. be introducedvhthimmediate

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Complete RoB near Shimoga Railway Station c early. Railways to discuss with the Deputy Commissioner, Shimoga to sort out the issue .j regarding a piece of land 'abutting ring road at Shimoga. ," Two RoB I RuBs at Gulbarga to be completed I early. toBelgaum should be started immediately. I. Existing Reservation Counter building at KR
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Minister

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The Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways stated that paucity of funds to take up new projects is a serious issue. He congratulated the State of Karnataka for sharing

cost of the new projects and providing land free of cost. He also appreciated the commendable work done by the State to expedite land acquisition for railway projects. He declared that these projects would b~ if1}plelJlented on a fast track mode and completed in a record time ... 7.2 Hon'ble Minister instructed Railway officials that MPs must be invited to Railway functions. Officials are required to formally interact with the elected representatives at least tw:ce a year as per the existing guidelines of Railways. The Hon'ble Railway Minister stated that High Speed Corridor in India is the need of the hour. If possible, assistance from other including Japan \/'loLild be taken. /COVT\+r;<-_~ VVo:-ld Ciass Stations need to be built. He stated that a separate Authoi'ity on the 3:~;:~r lir.2 e5 Airport Authority of india \Nould be est2blished, which would be called as ~tation i\uthc;(jty of I;ldia.

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Remarks by the Chairman, Railway Board and the Member (Engineering)

8.1 The Chairman, Railway Board informed that 40 projects were undertaken in Karnataka at a cost of RS.14,614 crores, out of which 9 wor.ks have been completed at a cost of Rs.3,284 crores. The allocation for the current financial year is about RS.1,000 crores for all the above projects. These include the railway share for projects on cost sharing basis. He reiterated that wherever the State is sharing the cost of the project and give land free of cost, such projects will be put on fast track and money of railway share would not be wasted OF thinly distributed. 8.2 He informed. that Gorakhpur-Yeshwantpur new Train would be started immediately. Hubli-Bijapur Passenger train would be extended upto Sholapur, Yeswantpur-Mangalore train would be extended upto Karwar, Sholapur-Gadag train to be extended upto Hubli, Bangalore-Hubli Janshatabdi Express would be made a daily train instead of 6 days-a-week. These would bejven effect to immediately. 8.3 Shri A.P. Mishra, Member Engineering, Railway Board stated that once the projects which are in offing are ,completed ,:;the ,rait, densityiin Jhe; State may be more than the national average. He stated that Karnataka has, at present, 2,137 kms. of new line, 1,411 kms. of gauge conversion and 1,524 kms. of doubling. RoB I RuBs at Tumkur and Shimoga would be completed by the end of March 2012. 9. Remarks by Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Railways

9.1 In consultation with the Hon'ble Union Railway Minister, Hon'ble MaS for Railways anf!ounced the following new line~ to be taken up on fast track with 50% cost sharing and land to be given free of cost by State Gov!.: (1) Gadag-W08di (248 kms.) New Line (2) Kengeri-Kanakapura-Chamarajanagara (160 kms.) New Line (3) Srinivasapura-Madanapalle (50 kms.) New Line
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9.2 The Hon'ble Minister also agreed to start Railway Coach Factory at Kolar on PPP basis with a condition that the land should be given free of cost by the State Govt. Hon'ble Chief Minister stated that a!1 theMPs should prioritize the \/'181:S in their respective constituencies and send the same to the Hon'ble Railvvay Minister and the same may be considered by the Railway Ministry.
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Members Present:" Sri. Dinesh Trivedi, Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways. 2._ Sri. K.H. Muniyappa, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Railways. 3. Sri. D.H. Shankara Murthy, Hon'ble Chairman joint Legislature Committee in Karnataka.

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Shri C.P. Yogishwar, Minister for Forest,Ecology, GoK. Shri Murugesh R. Nirani, Minister for Large and Medium Industries.,GOK Sri Dhananjaya Kumar, Special Representative, Government of Karnataka, Shri. Basavaraj Bommai, Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation,GOK 8. Shri Govind M. Karjol, Minister for Minor Irrigation and Kannada and Culture 9. Sri. S. V. Ra.nganath, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka. 1 D. Sri. Vinay Mittal, Chairman, Railway Board, New Delhi. 11. Sri. AP. Mishra, Member Engineering, Railway Board, New Delhi. " 12. Sri. Lakshminarayana, Secretary to Hon"ble Chief Minister.
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36. Sri. K.R. Niranjan, Special Commissioner,

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37.Sri. S. Somashekara, Chief Enginner, BBMP: 38. Sri. ChikkaMuniyappa, D.C. LAQ, BBMP .. 39. Sri. P.M. Raghunandan, Principal Correspondent. 40. The Chief Project Manager, RVNL, 4th floor, DRM Office compl~x,

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.41. Sri N.S. Nandeesh Reddy,MLA, KoR Pura, Bangalore -560037. 42. The General Manager, South Western Railway, Hub/i. 43. The Divisional Railway Manager, Mysore. 44. The Divisional Railway Manager, Bangalore. 45. The Chief Administrative Officer, 18, MiI!ers Road, Bangalore-46. (Construction), South Western Railways, No.

46 ..Sri. M. Nagaraja Hampole, Secretary to Government, Forest Department. 47. Sri. K. Subraya Kamatj;eputy Secretary, Forest Department 48. Sri. S.N. Jayaram, Regional Commissioner, Bangalore. 49. Dr. D.C. Somashekar, DeputyCommi~sion~ri.TurnkWDistrict, Tumkur. 50. Sri. S. S. Pattana Shetty, Deputy Commissioner, Davanagere District, Davanagere. 51. Dr. Manjula N., Deputy Commissioner, Chikkaballapura Di&trict, Chikkaballapura. 52. Sri. Manoj Kumar Meena, Deputy Commissioner, Kolar District, Kolar. 53. Sri. Darpan Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Dharwad District, DharNad. 54. Sri. Vishal R, Depu.ty Commissioner, Gu!barga District, Gulbarga . .55.Sri. Ponnuraj, Deputy Commissioner, Shimoga District, Shimoga . .... Sri. S. Puttaswamy, DeputyCornmissioner, 56. Ramanagar District, Ramanagar. 57. Sri. O.K. Rangaswamy, Deputy Commissioner, 'Chikkamaga!ur District, Chikkamagalur .. 58. Sri. R.K: ~aju, Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Rural District, Bangaiore. 59. Smt. Thu!asi Maddineni, Deputy Commissioner, Kappal District, Koppa!. 60. Sri. P.C. Jaffer, Deputy Commissioner, Mandya District, Mandya. 61. Sri. Jagadeesh K.G., Deputy Commissioner, Hassan District, Hassan. 62.Sri. Vipul Bansal, Deputy Commissioner, Chitradurga District, Chitradurga. 53. Sri. Sameer Shukla, Deputy Commissioner, Sidar District, Bidar .. 64. Sri. Anbu Kumar. V, Deputy Commissioner, Raichur District, Raichur. 65. Sri. AM. Kunjappa, Deputy Commissioner, Sagaikot District, Bagalkot. 66. Sri. Puttamadayya, Additiona! Regional Commissioner, Bangaiore. 67. Smt. Bharathi. P, Assistant Commissioner, Mysore.