Chinks in coastal railway unity seen
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February 10, 2021 02:44 IST
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s suggestions to SWR on operational issues irks people from Udupi and Uttara Kannada
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MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s suggestions to SWR on operational issues irks people from Udupi and Uttara Kannada
A suggestion by Dakshina Kannada MP and State BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel, purportedly at the behest of a few, to detain the Karwar-Bengaluru overnight express for a few minutes to facilitate the smooth running of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru Central overnight express appears to have ruffled coastal unity on railway issues.
Mr. Kateel in his January 30 letter to South Western Railway’s General Manager A.K. Singh welcomed SWR’s proposal to run Train Nos. 16511/12 Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Kannur overnight express via Kunigal on all seven days instead of four days. However, the train takes over 10.30 hours in both the directions as it gets detained at Sakleshpur-Sub