The Hindu
Mangalore, Oct 1: Passenger traffic between Mangalore and Bangalore will begin by December 2006, according to the In-charge minister for DK district B Nagaraj Shetty
Shetty said here on Saturday that the Railway safety directorate had inspected the line between Mangalore and Sakleshpur and several structures such as retaining walls, wired mesh portions, various cliffs and indentions should be competed before the line was opened up for passenger traffic
He said he had sought opinions from experts in the directorate and found that the sector should be under observation for at least three months after the monsoon.