The foundation stone for this project was laid in 2000. In 2007, the project was approved by the Ministry of Railways  and has been taken up in 50:50 sharing between Govt of Karnataka and Ministry of Railways. The project gained momentum after Mr Kharge became Railways Minister and by 2014, 91.5% track work was complete according to Karnataka Survey 2014-2015.

Read more here: http://planning.kar.nic.in/docs/Economic%20Survey%20Reports/ES_14-15/English.pdf

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