MANGALURU: On day two of the winter session of Parliament, Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta met Union minister for railways Ashwini Vaishnaw and discussed various concerns pertaining to the crucial railway infrastructure development of the region.
Along with Bengaluru Rural MP Dr CN Manjunath, Udupi Chikamagaluru MP Kota Shrinivas Poojary, and Uttara Karnataka MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Captain Brijesh Chowta highlighted various long-pending railway issues, especially the Mangaluru-Bengaluru connectivity concerns, the Shiradi Ghat stretch, among others.
A letter was also submitted seeking the intervention and support of the Union minister for issues pertaining to the merger of Konkan Railway with Indian Railways, Hassan Mangalore Rail Development Company, including doubling of tracks between the two cities that is crucial to better rail connectivity between the coast and the capital, enhanced passenger facilities on rail routes of our region, and a Subrahmanya-Mangaluru passenger rail, among others.
Captain Brijesh Chowta, drawing the attention of the state govt to the above-mentioned issues, wrote on X: “In this direction, I request our Karnataka govt led by CM Siddaramaiah to kindly provide the necessary state support for the swift redressal of various concerns pertaining to both Konkan Railways as well as HMRDC to ease movement of both people and cargo in this important stretch between Mangaluru and Bengaluru.”