READ THIS ONLY TO SHOCK UR SENSES: KARNATAKA STATE FACTS: 1.poor railway connectivity with 16 km per 1000 sq km, against the national average of 27 km per 1000 km. 2.Least electrification percentage in terms of railway tracks in sq km vs electrification 5.61 percent compared to Maharastra 58.12,Gujrat 51.16,Madhya pradesh 41.5 percent etc 3.Most underused railway infrastructure in bangalore (metro city) Compared to any other metro cities(Mumbai ,Hyd,Delhi,Chennai) and 2 tier cities(Pune,Lucknow) in other states. 4.national average of other metro cities with every 15 mins 1 train against Bangalore where every 3.5 hrs 1 train of average taken from 250 kms radius from citys center. 5.Maximum number of small towns averaging more than 10 lakh polulation still do not have railway connectivity compared to any other state average in India including jammu and Kashmir. 6.Least railway connectivity with just 22.91 percent of new railway lines per sq km added since colonial India (British rule)compared to other states which is more than 150 percent and national average being 218.78 percent. 7.The only place in Entire INDIA....WHICH RUNS maximum on slow moving traditional diesel engines which is 84 percent of Rail transport in Karnataka,Second being Bihar which is 56 percent..... 8.The Only place in India....which has least number of double tracks sections per Sq km in Entire India....The total length of rail track in Karnataka is 3089 km with only 821 km of railway track doubled.and 689 km electrified compared to Maharastra which has 6181.46 km of railway tracks,doubling of 5281 kms and electrification of 4482 kms. 9.Mangaluru, one of the major cities in Karnataka now has a train service to other major cities like Bengaluru, Mysuru started on 8 December 2007, but not directly to Hubballi. There is a proposed railway line between Hubballi and Ankola to fulfill this demand which is yet to start. 10.District capitals like Chikkamagaluru and Madikeri are not connected by a rail network.However a line linking Kadur in Chikkamagaluru district to Chikkamagaluru is underway. 11.The district of Kodagu has no railway track within it.However a survey is under progress to link Mysuru with Kushalnagar in Kodagu district. 12.Doubling of the track between Bengaluru and Mysuru (a line that receives very good patronage) is steadily progressing and a pending project since 1989. 13.Though the state has Konkan Railway within it; it has remained isolated with no trains running from other parts of the state to places that exist on the Konkan Railway. Source of Information abouve :Wikipedia . AND OUR MPS and MLAS are sleeping since Independence....Not even bothered to attend railway meetings.Neither bothered to improve the railway network in Karnataka or even provide suburban rail connectivity to Bangalore which is one among 6 metro cities in India and all other metro cities in India have suburban rail connectivity. I guess its high time Karnataka govt closes down railways and develops only roads & metro and buses as the mode of transport by constructing metro all over karnataka....And complete it after 400-500 yrs.....and buses to commute all over karnataka with traffic jams increasing all over !
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 18:34:38 +0000