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decided to share the cost of this railway project. Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy, in a letter to Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, expressed the state's willingness to share the project's cost. He also asked the railway minister to ensure that the first phase, (Nanjangud–Sulthan Bathery) estimated
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Conservation biologists and ecologists have raised concerns about the ecological impact on the proposed railway line. Over 22 km of the railway line passing through the
Bandipur tiger reserve and Waynad wildlife sanctuary will mean wildlife mortality due to railway collision almost on a daily
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daily. About 700 trucks are reaching
Gudalur through NH67. Destination of this freight is the neighbouring 8 districts. Considering the logistic movement currently in NH 212 and NH67 which is expected to be shifted to the railway and expected increase by the introduction of railway, the freight
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However, wildlife biologists and conservationists contend that the traffic on the national highways passing through
Bandipur tiger reserve is already diverted through alternate roads developed by the Government of Karnataka during night due to the already existing night closure of the highways
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The
Nanjangud–Nilambur line was also rejected by the High Court of Kerala in its WP 602/2013. The judgement specifically stated "It is also pertinent to mention that there is a road connectivity between these two places and it is not a case where other form of transportation is missing or
79:. The estimated cost of this railway is Rs.4266 crores. During 2010 the Planning Commission has sanctioned the estimated project cost of this proposed railway. This saves about 70 km from Kerala to Bangalore and saves 360 km to Mysore.
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Wayanad district of Kerala, and Devala in Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu and reaching at Nilambur in Kerala is technically feasible as per the Kerala government. This BG line would join the existing railhead at Nilambur and lead to
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Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have not come forward to share the cost of the railway line. The project has come to standstill due to lack of forest clearance since the line will pass through the protected areas
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has started a detailed survey. Kerala government sanctioned 10 crore rupees for this survey. This railway having a length of 236 km starting from
Nanjangud near Mysore and passing through Madhur in
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unavailable. Merely because there is a ban for night transportation on the roads, railway connectivity could not become the need of the hour."
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338:"State to bear 50 per cent of the cost of project. The new rail link would cut short distance by about 300 km from north Kerala to Bengaluru"
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294:"Major rail projects faces uncertain future as Railways shelve proposals"
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268:"Nilgiris–Wayanad National Highway and Railway Action Committee"
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385:"Nanjangud–Nilambur rail line draws ire of wildlife activists"
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The new railway would reduce the vehicular traffic in
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350:The Hindu daily, Nov. 03, 2008. kozhikode edition
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148:region . Around 240 buses are plying to
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1600:Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
383:Kumar, R. Krishna (28 August 2013).
90:On 2 January 2014 the government of
1568:Kerala Rail Development Corporation
296:. The Times of India. 22 July 2015.
1627:South Indian railway strike (1928)
1590:Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways
211:. 25 February 2011. Archived from
119:through Bandipur from 9pm to 6am.
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1673:Timeline of Southern Railway zone
372:. Bangalore Mirror. 2 April 2015.
1719:Transport in Malappuram district
1605:Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
1562:Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation
743:Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
1153:Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari
711:Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro
340:. Rail news. 14 December 2015.
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1724:Transport in Wayanad district
1043:Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam
391:– via www.thehindu.com.
1729:Transport in Mysore district
1637:Indian Railway strike (1974)
1709:Rail transport in Karnataka
1308:Cochin State Forest Tramway
370:"REACHING WAYANAD NOW EASY"
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1556:Konkan Railway Corporation
1550:Chennai Metro Rail Limited
1498:Thiruvananthapuram Central
1163:Viluppuram–Tiruchirappalli
429:Railways in Southern India
1714:Palakkad railway division
1237:Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam
1068:Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram
95:to cost Rs.641.78 crore.
24:The golden I. T. corridor
1704:Rail transport in Kerala
1585:East Coast State Railway
1181:Nilgiri Mountain Railway
1093:Manamadurai–Virudhunagar
1699:Cancelled railway lines
1642:Peruman accident (1988)
1318:Nilambur–Nanjangud line
1272:Shoranur–Cochin Harbour
70:district of Karnataka,
50:district of Kerala and
20:Nilambur–Nanjangud line
1313:Kundala Valley Railway
1217:Guntakal–Vasco da Gama
1088:Manamadurai–Rameswaram
1073:Kothapalli–Manoharabad
1053:Gudivada–Machilipatnam
753:Integral Coach Factory
16:Indian railway project
1262:Pagidipalli–Nallapadu
1242:Motumarri–Vishnupuram
1158:Vijayawada–Nidadavolu
1113:Nagercoil–Tirunelveli
1108:Mysore–Chamarajanagar
1048:Erode–Tiruchirappalli
701:Kozhikode Light Metro
231:discuss.itacumens.com
227:"Indian Railway News"
1128:Peddapalli–Nizamabad
1078:Kothavalasa–Kirandul
1058:Jolarpettai–Shoranur
1038:Ernakulam–Kayamkulam
1028:Bhimavaram–Narasapur
444:Ministry of Railways
215:on 28 February 2011.
1647:Nellore fire (2012)
1257:Nandyal–Yerraguntla
1247:Nagpur–Secunderabad
1143:Secunderabad–Manmad
1083:Madurai–Tirunelveli
459:Zones and divisions
136:Financial viability
127:Ecological concerns
86:Government approval
1323:Sabarimala Railway
1277:Shoranur–Mangalore
1267:Secunderabad–Dhone
1232:Kazipet–Vijayawada
1212:Guntakal–Renigunta
1197:Duvvada–Vijayawada
765:Rail Wheel Factory
686:Bengaluru Monorail
599:Suburban and metro
552:Thiruvananthapuram
103:Ecosystem concerns
77:Thiruvananthapuram
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1292:Vijayawada–Guntur
1252:Nallapadu–Nandyal
1138:Samalkot–Kakinada
1123:Palakkad–Pollachi
1118:Nilambur–Shoranur
1033:Chennai–Thanjavur
1000:Chennai–New Delhi
990:Chennai–Bangalore
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318:on 3 January 2014
256:. 29 August 2009.
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1456:Hyderabad Deccan
1392:Chengalpattu Jn.
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1337:Passenger trains
1287:Vijayawada–Gudur
1282:Solapur–Guntakal
1227:Hassan–Bangalore
1207:Guntakal–Nandyal
1103:Mysore–Bangalore
1098:Mangalore–Mysore
1063:Kollam–Sengottai
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691:Chennai Monorail
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1015:Broad Gauge
860:Golden Rock
837:Diesel Loco
748:Golden Rock
666:Namma Metro
656:Kochi Metro
607:Operational
491:South Coast
278:18 December
1693:Categories
1513:Tiruvallur
1493:Mysuru Jn.
1478:Kollam Jn.
1350:High speed
1133:Pune–Londa
961:Vijayawada
905:Steam Loco
890:Vijayawada
885:Tondiarpet
822:Vijayawada
509:Vijayawada
189:References
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1618:Accidents
1483:Kozhikode
1461:Kacheguda
1451:Hyderabad
1397:Bengaluru
1360:Passenger
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936:Bangalore
855:Ernakulam
817:Royapuram
812:Lallaguda
792:Arakkonam
758:ICF coach
730:Workshops
575:Bangalore
476:Hyderabad
436:Authority
389:The Hindu
322:3 January
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154:Bangalore
36:Karnataka
32:Nanjangud
1508:Tirupati
1503:Thrissur
1434:Tambaram
1370:Stations
1301:Inactive
1190:Sections
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946:Palakkad
870:Guntakal
802:Guntakal
679:Proposed
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1578:Defunct
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1345:Express
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183:revenue
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132:basis.
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1543:Active
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174:trucks
158:NH-212
150:Mysore
113:NH-212
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1379:Major
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