Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, Dec 28: MP Nalin Kumar Kateel met union minister for Railways Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and requested him to fulfil several demands of the people of Dakshina Kannada district.
He has urged the minister for separate railway division for Mangaluru, new well equipped building for Mangaluru central railway station with basic necessities, speeding up construction of third and fourth platforms in Mangaluru central railway station, taking up Subramanya-Sakleshpur two way track work, running of Mangaluru to Madgaon train on daily basis, running of Dadar-Madgaon Jan Shatabdi express train till Mangaluru, resumption of Mahalaxmi express train which was connecting to Hubballi Meeraj and was cancelled during gauge conversion, basic necessities in Subramanya railway station and other requests were made to the minister.
The minister who scrutinised the requests assured of implementing them. The minister said that he will be holding a high level meeting in Delhi for detailed discussion on creation of a separate division for Mangaluru. With this, the dreams of separate railway division in Mangaluru have now revived.