Suburban rail may get another boost by October-end

Bengaluru | Thursday | 17th October, 2019

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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: Minister of State for Railways Suresh C Angadi on Wednesday expressed confidence that the suburban rail project will take off at the earliest. Angadi, however, refused to be drawn into a timeline over the commencement of the suburban project. Explaining this, a top railway official said that K-RIDE is not equipped enough to take up such a big project and added that its focus should be on the suburban rail project instead. A top railway official, however, said it would not be right to take it away from K-RIDE at this point. “Moreover, K-RIDE would begin laying infrastructure of the suburban rail for Baiyappanahalli almost at the same spot where the doubling project may come up..