Railway Minister points to 400 % increase in seven years
Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal has said the Central government in its budget allocated nearly ₹4,000 crore for the railway works in Karnataka and that is four times more than what was allocated for the State in 2014.
He addressed people of Shivamogga through a video-link in a programme to lay the foundation stone for construction of three Road overbridges (RoBs) on Monday.
Mr. Piyush Goyal said in 2014, the State had got works worth only ₹1,000 crore. The funds had gone up by 400 per cent in seven years. The Railway Ministry had taken up the suburban railway project in Bengaluru as a joint venture with the State government. Bengaluru city deserved better transport facility. The suburban project should be completed on a mission mode, Mr. Goyal said.