Hubballi: Over 39,000 km of railway line was electrified during Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s period, while it was 21,413 kms in the country till 2014, said Union parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi.
He was speaking at a programme to lay the foundation stone for the construction of a Navalgund gate road over bridge on Monday. This was part of the event wherein Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones and inaugurated nearly 2,000 railway infrastructure projects worth over Rs 41,000 crore through video conference today and dedicated them to the nation.
“India has the third largest railway platform in the world.It has a railway network of 70,000 km. Modernisation work of railway platforms is underway across the country. Hubballi railway station will also be developed more extensively soon,” Joshi said.
“Mahadayi project got a boost only when BJP came to power in the state as well as in Centre. Soon after getting clearance from the National Wildlife Board, the project will take off,” he added. Joshi said the National Wildlife Board has a couple of queries, including one regarding the tiger reservoir and sanctuary.
“I have also directed the state government officials to submit those details to the board, and we will get the clearance. BJP is committed to the Mahadayi project and it can be completed only under the Modi government,” Joshi said.
“When Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, the Mahadayi project issue was placed before the tribunal even though we requested the UPA government to allot drinking water before handing the case to the tribunal. The DPR was approved when BJP was in power and we will complete the project,” he said.
We are committed to implementing the Mahadayi Kalasa-Banduri project. The wildlife board permission is pending, if the state government collects and sends the details about the queries by the board, I will sincerely try to implement the project. He also said that this scheme will be implemented only during the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, added Joshi.
“I will not speak irresponsibly like chief minister Siddaramaiah. The tribunal about the Mahadayi project issue was set up by Congress, the BJP has appointed the judges, office and staff. We (BJP) have prepared DPR for the project. Permission has been obtained from the forest department and approval from the wildlife board is pending. He said that he would talk to Union minister Bhupendra Yadhav in this regard, he added.
Minister Joshi felicitated the retiring general manager of South Western Railway Sanjeev Kishore. Prizes were distributed to students in various competitions. MLA Mahesh Tenginakai was present.
He was speaking at a programme to lay the foundation stone for the construction of a Navalgund gate road over bridge on Monday. This was part of the event wherein Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones and inaugurated nearly 2,000 railway infrastructure projects worth over Rs 41,000 crore through video conference today and dedicated them to the nation.
“India has the third largest railway platform in the world.It has a railway network of 70,000 km. Modernisation work of railway platforms is underway across the country. Hubballi railway station will also be developed more extensively soon,” Joshi said.
“Mahadayi project got a boost only when BJP came to power in the state as well as in Centre. Soon after getting clearance from the National Wildlife Board, the project will take off,” he added. Joshi said the National Wildlife Board has a couple of queries, including one regarding the tiger reservoir and sanctuary.
“I have also directed the state government officials to submit those details to the board, and we will get the clearance. BJP is committed to the Mahadayi project and it can be completed only under the Modi government,” Joshi said.
“When Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, the Mahadayi project issue was placed before the tribunal even though we requested the UPA government to allot drinking water before handing the case to the tribunal. The DPR was approved when BJP was in power and we will complete the project,” he said.
We are committed to implementing the Mahadayi Kalasa-Banduri project. The wildlife board permission is pending, if the state government collects and sends the details about the queries by the board, I will sincerely try to implement the project. He also said that this scheme will be implemented only during the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, added Joshi.
“I will not speak irresponsibly like chief minister Siddaramaiah. The tribunal about the Mahadayi project issue was set up by Congress, the BJP has appointed the judges, office and staff. We (BJP) have prepared DPR for the project. Permission has been obtained from the forest department and approval from the wildlife board is pending. He said that he would talk to Union minister Bhupendra Yadhav in this regard, he added.
Minister Joshi felicitated the retiring general manager of South Western Railway Sanjeev Kishore. Prizes were distributed to students in various competitions. MLA Mahesh Tenginakai was present.