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PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 110 km Bidar-Kalburgi new railway line
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 110km Bidar-Kalburgi new railway line to reduce distance between Bengaluru, New Delhi by 380 km
Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi On 29 October 2017, has inaugurated the Indian Railway 110km Bidar-Kalburgi new railway line, Flag off Train Service in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region.
The railway track is aimed at reducing the distance between Bengaluru and New Delhi by 380 km and travel time by six to eight hours.
The New track will provide direct rail connectivity from Bengaluru to Bidar in the state’s northern region, about 690km away from the state capital.
The work for the project had begun over two decades ago in 1996 but its construction work began only in 2000 and dragged on for years due to meager fund allowed by the Railway Ministry, the report said.
The delay in the project escalated its cost to a whopping Rs 1, 542 crore from the original estimate of Rs 370 crore. Land acquisition between the towns also delayed its completion.
