Puttur: Shiradi Ghat road closure - DVS moots Mangalore-Hassan RoRo service


Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (SP)


Train between Mangalore and Bangalore named 'Kudla Express'

Puttur, Jul 28: Union railway minister, D V Sadananda Gowda (DVS), said that there is a proposal to introduce RoRo (Roll-on Roll-off) service between Mangalore and Hassan by the railways during the period the Shiradi Ghat stretch of national highway remains closed for repairs and improvements.

This will address the problems caused by the inability of trucks to transport goods to and fro because of the road closure. "The deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district has been instructed to immediately submit a proposal on these lines," he revealed.

Speaking to journalists after paying obeisance at Lord Mahalingeshwara Temple here on Sunday July 27, the minister said that trucks bringing goods till Hassan can be brought to Mangalore through the RoRo service, and those taking goods outside can be similarly sent through this service. This he feels, will ensure that the district does not fall short of essential goods. Although trucks can move on Charmadi and Madikeri ghat routes, he felt that RoRo services will be ideally suited towards ensuring that movement of goods goes on without any break.

The minister has already announced a plan to run day train between Mangalore and Bangalore.

DVS said that the central government has provided in the budget for taking up railway projects announced during the previous Congress regime. He said that as per the project reports, the state has to provide free land and 50 percent of project cost towards these projects. "But Karnataka chief minister, Siddaramaiah has, through a letter, expressed inability of the government to give its share. The earlier chief ministers had met their share in the railway projects. It will be impossible for the central government to bear the entire cost of these projects, if the state fails to meet the same. This has been clarified in our reply to the state government," he added.

He said that the day train between Mangalore and Bangalore has been named 'Kudla Express', and promised to take steps in stages to address technical and safety aspects relating to the railway tracks between Hassan and Subrahmanya to pave way for additional trains in course of time. About the law and order situation in the state as reflected by increased rape cases, he said that the union home ministry is closely watching the developments, and will take steps as may be required whenever the need for the same is felt.

DVS said that new trains were not announced for Kerala, taking into account the number of trains already existing there. He also said the railways will be providing trains on contract basis to those interested in managing religious tourism, educational tourism, etc as the railway department wants to explore tourism potential of the country. He said that the railway station at Puttur will be modernized within a year, and importance will be given to various pending works including level crossings.

The minister, after taking part in the 'Gurupooja' programme organized by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at Puttur, proceeded to his native place, Mandekolu.

Local legislative constituency BJP president, S Apayya Maniyani, BJP leaders, Chanila Timmkappa Shetty, Sanjeeva Matandoor, and Rajesh Bannur, were present.

 

  

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  • yathi raj, bangalore

    Fri, Nov 14 2014

    Some mistakes in previous comment. 16523 reaches 20 minutes early when it used to start from Bangalore at 2045 so quite funny. The time for night kudla express could be via arsikere is 9 hours maybe so reach should be 6am not 6pm as written .maybe they can say platform is not available for it . It might be the reason to start 16523 from Bangalore city instead of yeswanthpur.2035 they can use to start kudla express at night by scrapping day timetable . Maybe for my previous comment some complaint in police and some threats or shooting can be done as underworld is quite active in coastal area. hehehheheheehe IT act always to protect rite ...... The morning train 16515/16 starts at 630am instead of 730am reaches at 1740 when old time was 1755 Hours . Which is funny , maybe crossing might be a reason or an excuse. HMRDC agreement says only 3 trains . With electrification maybe can be scrapped as trains can pull more load with faster speed and less pollution. How does 16565/66 helps when the train starts late at 2355 hours from Yeswantpur , how can we entrain it? route is circus via palakkad to reach bangalore in evening ... who will use it for Bangalore- Managlore ?? WOnder if my tribal comment was correct as British used to write Indians and dogs not allowed in clubs the same analogy can be applied to use that train no but bus can be used to travel for us ...... we have two train nos 16516/17 and 16523/24 which are clubbed together and start as single train . Sharvanabegola route is yet to start . Some say train sometimes only moves to reach its destination both 16523/24 and 16515/16. railway is a butt of jokes with all kinds of lobbies like bus operators is my guess. Anyways they have tour license i guess so how can they do overnite journey by issuing individual tickets..... another joke

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  • yathi raj, bangalore

    Tue, Nov 11 2014

    hi
    first of all the existing night train is now starting from Bangalore city .from yeswanthpur departure time was 825pm and reach was 840am. now from blre it is at 8pm but reach time is same . funny is it not.The train should be upgraded to express .WIth latest tech the speed in ghat section can be increased to at least 70km/h that is my guess as trains in tibet runs in at least 100km/h, MR Gowda says speed is only 30km/h. funny. We have a day train already which can be made daily ie train no 16515/16.The travel time of night train 16523/16524 should be reduced to 10 hours for benefit of public.Similarly day train also maybe 9 hours. kudla express should be night starting from yeswanthpur via arsikere to reach mangalore in 9 hours. maybe start at 9pm to reach at 6pm. clearly we are living in dark ages when railways in china run at bullet speed !!!!! private bus lobbies at work is my guess. Indian mentality is still tribal at best when world is in digital age .The public needs a fast overnight train not a day train .Anyways present trains move at snail pace. extending the subramanya - managalore passenger to hassan is also a good idea . there is some hdmc agreement which allows only three passenger train in shiradi ghat. IS RORO and passenger train extension a ploy to close all three trains .maybe may not be . Anyways public perception of politician is not great .by the way MR Gowda makes way to Mr Prabhu . Welcome to railbhavan Mr Prabhu . Hopefully public concerns about railways in general is taken care of now . Hopefully do not get calls for writing this piece ... hahahahahaaha

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  • Sanjay, Belman

    Wed, Jul 30 2014

    This is an awesome opinion. I wish DVS reads this post. One cannot make a step to bullet train right away. Increasing the speeds in doable steps is the correct way. Permanent Ro-Ro between Bangalore and Mangalore or Hassan-Mangalore is a gamechanger and very smart for fuel and energy conservation. They should electrify the Bangalore to Mangalore route. Electric engines are less polluting and can pull higher loads on Ghat sections.

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  • kannadiga, mangalore/dubai

    Tue, Jul 29 2014

    Dear all,
    Our Karnataka Minister/s (DVS in this case) is only talking...Bhai Boglu!! Other than that nothing to achieve/able!! All efforts especially in Railway Ministry is to please Kerala/Tamil Nadu States. Can anyone tell us for the last 60 to 70 years any good thing has happened to Mangalore/Goa/Karnataka belt....especially in Railway betterment concern??NO No No... Kerala and TN have the guts to see the Railways being dominated by them and for the betterment of those States!! Karnataka/Goa States Ministers good for talk Bogalu only... so please don't waste your time let DVS or PVS talk or write nothing happens!! He knew that his term as Railway Minister is not a permanent one!! JAI HO!!

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  • Purander Bhat, Puttur

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    This is a very good suggestion at a time when traffic on Shiradi Ghat is being closed for 6 months. Such bold steps are required from DVS. He should also introduce daily day train from Bangalore to Mangalore of course with short journey time.

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  • Olaf Smalgand, Univ. of Lund, Sweden,

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    The most important needs are safety. DVS can proceed by implementing the following.

    1. Close manned and unmanned level crossings by building ROBs.

    2. Stop the discharge of toilet waste on tracks. It causes corrosion and leads to maintenance
    issues on rolling stock and rails and sleepers.

    3. If speeds have to be increased, then through every station they must be a through line and looplines and attendant switches and points must be removed. Many stations have platforms in the center and this means looplines and trains slowing down. Either fast trains are routed away from the main platforms or dedicated lines through station for fast trains.

    4. In cab signalling. Each engine has a facility where the signal light is displayed on the driver's console. This will eliminate the driver's attention straying from searching for the signal light outside and also signal lights not visible due to fog, rain and poor weather conditions.

    These few measures will easily allow IR to increase speeds to 160km/hr on many trunk routes. Doubling various tracks depends on track utilization density and load factor. Ro-Ro between Bangalore and Mangalore should be made permanent as it will lessen wear and tear on Shiradi ghat even after it is rebuilt, conserve precious fuel by eliminating idling rucks due to traffic jams, and allow less of a carbon footprint on the delicate ecology of the Western Ghats. Also it will reduce wear on the trucks by eliminating frequent gear shifting and engine wear on the steep slopes of the Ghats. A RoRo depot can be made outside Mangalore city. It will also give a chance to security agencies to monitor movement of trucks and their cargo as these can be entered into a database at point of entrainment.

    The idea of IR should be to increase speeds to 160km/hr which is possible and then use the expertise gained to install dedicated High speed passenger and freight corridors. Most countries like China took this route to proceed to bullet trains.

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  • JANARDHANA ACHARYA, BANGALORE/UDIPI

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    I really looking for the days when can I travel in a bullet train between Mangalore and Bangalore in just 2 hours. It is Just possible, just, just-. Money, tell RBI to print notes. That is it.

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  • laxmeesh, mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    DVS should think about doubling the Bangalore-Mangalore lines as well as the Konkan line for overall development of the region. He can electrify the routes in the next government. The doubling may provide uninterrupted traffic for people as well as goods and the congestion in the roads, the accidents, the traffic jams and the general inconveniences to the people shall disappear once for all.

    For comparison, Kerala has 5 trains starting from Mangalore to Trivandrum and 6 trains from Mangalore-Palakkad all because of track doubling. Bangalore - Mangalore have only 3 trains now and there is a potential for 10 more trains in this route.

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE.

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    RSRB,

    If Mangalore reaping economically today, it is the effort of Congress and above said leaders.MANGALORE, for other Indians looks like MINI DUBAI!!You can find ALL INDIA PEOPLE IN KARNATAKA/MANGALORE ONLY as we are finding all states people in GCC countries.

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  • RSRB, Kundapura / Singapore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE

    For the progress of South Kanara, better you give credit to real heroes like
    founders of banks (Canara, Vijaya, Corporation, Syndicate, Karnataka, etc..)
    founders of education institutions (Manipal, Udupi, Mangalore, Sullia etc..)
    Founders of Beedi & Tile business

    If you give credit to Pujari, Oscar... etc., you internally feel shame of yourself.

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  • Chandrashekar, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Hi,
    Why Karnataka Government not sharing new railway project in Karnataka? This is also dirty politics.

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  • Ralph Pinto, Udupi

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Karnataka does not have the money to put in ( 50 % ). Whatever money ( 5000 Crores ) has gone towards the free 30 kg rice scheme. Inspite of it the BJP got more seats than the Congress in the last LS election.

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  • Albert, Mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    because Siddu is sleeping when Karnataka is getting "Raped"

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  • Mann, bangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    What does DVS mean by Ro\Ro service?
    Load trucks carrying goods on trains and offload trucks with goods in another destination? What will be the additional cost for the truckers\supplier for this operation? Will the prices of commodities shoot up because of this extra burden?
    How many trucks can Ro\Ro train can carry? how many round trips this service will make per day?

    One can see continuous plying of loaded trucks both ways throughout.
    Can this Ro\Ro service cater to the needs?
    If DVS announces one train per day to bring goods to station\carry back goods from RS, will it help? There will big jam of trucks either end railways stations (RS) causing traffic jams. Delay in trains arriving\departing will cause problems with perishable goods at great risk.
    And this will be a temporary arrangement till the roads are repaired.....

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  • Neeraj, Mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    All Readers or comment Writers: I hope all of you know what is roro.. Some people making funs of roro as one says in hindi its crying and other says in Arabic GO GO. guys do you know this RORO service is there since along time in Konkan Railway? Its a way of moving trucks in Train service instead of Road. This was introduced during Vajpayee govt. and it was a huge success and even today this service is there in Konkan Railway department. and Same service DVS wants it to extend to Bangalore from Mangalore due to Road repair work.

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  • P.Lobo, Mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Ultra Intelligent guy!!!who is explaining what is RO RO. May be he heard about RORO during bjp time but we know this since many decades.

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  • shane, mng/dxb

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    This is another high profile Union Minister from our district who is like former Petro Minister Moilyji @ only tarai (coconut)budpuni attande daala kelasa malpujji. How long these high profile ministers from our district fool people with fake promises nobody knows.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Ro Ro in Hindi means crying ...

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE.

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    In ARABIC .....GO GO...

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE.

    It Italian?

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  • yogesh, bombay

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    RoRo..? anyway i heard pax travelling roroke in Mlr-Blr train!
    If can't achieve anything then 'renaming' game comes in handy..eh?

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  • kodialda muthu, mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    What about railway underpass/over-bridge at Mangalore junction (bajal, jeppu)and Mangalore railway division? Pending underpass is a 15 year old story. The Mangalore Junction station needs to be upgraded for better facilities, new platforms, toilets, etc.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Kodi..
    Please send all your queries to BJP office in Mangalore..about underpass/over-bridge.
    Will look into this matter after three years as election is too far..!!

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  • kodialda muthu, mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Bollu,
    The reality is due to not constructing the underpass, people die on the way to hospital due to the gates closed. This is serious!

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  • paddu, mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Common guys.Realywe want day train? or night train? What is use of day train?. It is very clar " HAvu sayabaradu .Donne muriya baradu". BUS lobby again worked here. No one will use day journey to bangalore. common guys. Joins your hands together. and will protest and make it night train ...

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    DVSji,

    Let KUDLA express run in night, not during day time. We desperately need more night trains.

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  • Vinit D, Mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Fantastic Idea. the RORO service should start from Panambur/Thokur so that these trucks do not enter mangalore city limits and cause nuisance here.

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  • George A. Borromeo, Angelore, Mangalore, India

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    A good thought from Railway Minister to cart away Goods from our Coastal belt, similarly let him show some concern over Passenger Traffic, by adding few more Trains between Bangalore and Mangalore.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Credit after all goes to BJP...
    Sab Ka Saath...Sab Ka Vikas....
    Climbing ladder of success...slowly...

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE.

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Mer pokkade patte ijjandina rail budupnana daane?

    UPA govt proposed rail network in undivided DK/UDUPI and in this effect feasible study has been done.But surprisingly, being TULUVA,DVS did not utter a word about proposed railway in DK/UDUPI except KANIYUR-K -GAD!!!

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  • RSRB, Kundapura / Singapore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE

    When feasibility study was already done during UPA government, UPA itself should have started the rail network...
    Why they were waiting?
    What for they were waiting?
    Who asked them to wait?
    How much they took kickback to wait?
    All such questions atart coming into the mind of public. Is not it?

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  • JNB, Bejai

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Rails were ready but delayed because lac of tracks availability :(

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE.

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    It happened in the year 2013.One thing is clear during his stint of tenure as CM,he did nothing to his constituency,his native,his Taluk and his district!!For get that as an MP what did for Udupi?What did any tangible work in Mangalore as an MP?

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  • RSRB, Kundapura / Singapore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE

    Oscar, Pujari, Dhanajay were MPs for decades..
    Oscar, Pujari, Dhanajay were even ministers in central for long years...
    DVS was relativesly less number of years as MP or Minister...
    Without any predudice make a list of achievements of Oscar, Pujari, Dhanajay & DVS...
    If you feel still DVS stands behind the other 3, then comment negatively on him..

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  • G R Karkera, Mangalore

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    "SAKALA YOJANE"DVS's Kanasina Koosu.

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  • DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    Why are you so jealous of him?

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Mon, Jul 28 2014

    RORO !!! HUSSAAPAAAA !!!OF LATELY THE IDEA SPARKED IN OUR HONORABLE MINISTER BRAIN !!!! IT WOULD HAVE DONE EARLIER BUT NEVER MIND (THERE IS NO MIND")

    ALSO ONE MORE REQUEST !! WHY WE CAN'T START A FREQUENT NONSTOP TRAIN SERVICE PUTTUR - IXE AND UDUPI - IXE TO CURB THE BUS MANIAC MAFIA

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