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Doubling railway line between Bangalore and Mysore soon

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: Work on doubling the broad-gauge railway line between Bangalore and Mysore will be taken up soon and the Karnataka Government has earmarked Rs. 25 crore as its contribution to the project.

Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy told presspersons here on Thursday that an all-party delegation had met Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in New Delhi and urged him to initiate work on doubling the railway line between the two cities. Mr. Prasad had responded positively to the request and told the State Government to hold a meeting with Railway officials to sort out all outstanding issues.

The Mangalore-Hassan railway line would be opened to passenger traffic from next month, and Mr. Prasad would inaugurate it, he said.

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