Railway divisional headquarters in Gulbarga soon, says MLC

 

Gulbarga:  Senior Congress leader, Allam Prabhu Patil claimed on Saturday that Union railway minister, Mallikjarjun Kharge, had done the ground work for establishing a new railway divisional headquarters at Gulbarga and was waiting for  an “appropriate time” to make the  announcement. 

 

The MLC made his claim while laying the  foundation stone for a new railway over- bridge and pit here. Kharge had repeatedly demanded establishment of a railway headquarters in Gulbarga to for development of the region’s 

railway network before he became railway minister.

 

While the Sarin Committee had supported the idea in its  report in 1984, a recent  committee  vetoed it saying that establishing railway divisions in Gulbarga and Mangalore did not seem viable  in terms of finance and infrastructure. 

 

Kharge  had however assured that his ministry had not given up the idea nevertheless and the issue was still under the 

consideration of the government. What could prod things along  is the move to establish a railway pit line at Gulbarga, which is scheduled to be completed in six months at an estimated cost of Rs 8 crore.