Centre’s decision to drop railway division at Kalaburagi draws flak
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B.R. Patil, former MLA, on Friday expressed his disappointment at the Centre’s decision to drop plans to arrange a railway divisional headquarters in Kalaburagi. He termed the decision “unfortunate” and “unjust” to Kalyana Karnataka area.
Addressing a press convention in Kalaburagi, Mr. Patil condemned the BJP-led Union authorities’s assertion that it might not implement the advice of the Sareen Committee (1984) for the creation of a brand new railway division in probably the most backward area.
“The Centre has dropped nearly six or seven projects proposed by the former UPA government for Kalaburagi and Kalyana Karnataka region. Umesh Jadhav, the MP from Kalaburagi, should either raise his voice in Parliament or tender resignation and support our agitation against the BJP government,” Mr. Patil mentioned.
He recalled that in 2013, in the course of the Supplementary Railway Budget, ₹5 crore was sanctioned by the then Railway Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge for augmentation of administrative workplace infrastructure, the State authorities handed over the land required for the undertaking and it was transferred to the Railways, and a DPR with estimates and jurisdiction of latest Kalaburagi Railway Division beneath South Western Railway (SWR) was despatched to the Railway Board. In 2016, the Ministry of Railways confirmed receipt of the DPR.
Mr. Patil listed out numerous prestigious initiatives denied to the area, together with an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Centre for Skill Excellence, textile park, National Investment and Manufacturing Zone, and now a railway division. The Centre’s decision to drop all initiatives from Kalaburagi district, shifting them to Hubballi-Dharwad, reveals the “neglect” and “injustice” meted out to Kalyana Karnataka area, he mentioned.
A round-table convention is deliberate in Kalaburagi on March 26 to chalk out the modalities for an agitation condemning the “stepmotherly attitude” of the Union authorities in direction of Kalyana Karnataka area.
An all-party assembly is to be held in April, the place leaders of various events, heads of mutts, members of Dalit organisations, farmers, Kannada outfits, and numerous associations will likely be invited to talk about the course of the protest, Mr. Patil added.
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