Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has said that the works on constructing the third entrance for Railway Station in the city, from Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) side, will begin in November.
The MP shared the details of the works during the review of progress of works under PM Gati Shakti, at the Office of Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, here yesterday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had come to the city during International Day of Yoga (IDY) last year, had performed bhoomi puja for Gati Shakti project at an estimated cost of Rs. 483 crore, of which Rs. 346 crore has been earmarked for the development works of Mysuru Railway Station, added Simha. The tender under Gati Shakti project was invited on Apr. 24 and the technical bid will be opened on Aug. 30. Once the tender process is completed, the works will be launched in November and will be completed by three years, he explained.
The Mysuru Railway Station already has two entrances and third entrance has been planned on the model of Baiyyappanahalli and Yesvantpur Railway Stations of Bengaluru. The new entrance will be designed on the lines of Airport terminal with hi-tech facilities that include shopping mall, cafeteria and supermart among other modern amenities. Apart from Rs. 483 crore earmarked under PM Gati Shakti project, additional Rs. 200 crore will be spent on the development works of the Railway Station, totally spending Rs. 700 crore making it attractive.
Ashokapuram Railway Station
The inauguration of under renovation Ashokapuram Railway Station is scheduled for August second week. Henceforth several trains including Vishwamanava Express will be extended till Ashokapuram. The works on building Railway Overbridge (ROB) on KRS Road and underpass near Crawford Hall will also be taken up, said Simha.
Mysore-Varanasi Express train halts in Mysuru Railway Station for four days. Instead of keeping it idle, it had been proposed to operate the same train to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and the Railway Board has approved it. The Railway Board has also approved the proposal to name Mysuru-Chennai Superfast Express as ‘Nandi Express’, he disclosed.
“I have also requested the Railway authorities to address the delay in the journey time between Mysuru and Bengaluru, by taking measures to reach Kengeri Railway Station at least in two hours,” said the MP.
Mysuru-Kushalnagar Railway project
Survey works for Mysuru-Kushalnagar Railway project will be launched in September. The project has been planned at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,850 crore, with 550 hectares of land required for the purpose. The project cost may also escalate, added Simha.
Chamaraja Wadiyar statue
As a tribute to then Maharaja of Mysore Chamaraja Wadiyar X, who built the Railway Station in 1870, a statue of the late king should be installed in the Station premises. The related works should be included in Detailed Project Report (DPR) of third entrance works, the MP directed the Railway Officers.
SWR Mysuru Division DRM Shilpi Agarwal, Chief Project Manager of Gati Shakti Vishnu Bhushan and other Officers were present.
The rail over bridge(ROB) on ring road after you cross GRS fantasy park and going towards Manipal Hospital is available for only one side of ring road and the other needs to be built.it is an eye soar especially when foreign IT delegates visit the Infosys campus via the ring road.I hope that is the ROB which is mentioned as KRS road in the article.
While designing the new entrance for the station, do build two vertiports(helipads) at the station for future operations of eVTOLs ( electric vertical and landing aircraft).Saudi Arabia recently tested its first eVTOL air taxi in its futuristic NEOM city.In Mysuru we will needs vertiports for air taxi services from airport to the railway station, Chamundi hills and Brindavan gardens.Aerial Tourism in mysuru will be using eVTOLs in the future as the cost of operations is 8 cents a mile and even at 50 miles per hour the cost of operation will be $4/hour.Also before environmentalist raise their concern,it makes very less noise ,zero emission and can land in Chamundi hill without affecting the environment.
This man Pratap Simha is playing a pivotal role in bettering the infrastructure of Mysore. Keep going Mr Simha. Kudos to you
Hwy Kini
Yo do not get any prize, for dishing out the nonsense of conjuring up various things to attract tourism and to destroy Myosre.
This MP will find that the state government assitance is reuires, and he has no power to dom things without the CM approving htem. Narendra Modi tried everything to buy off votes, but failed miserably.
@Gusto, hey grandpa you have been very active in SOM forum with multiple pseudo names. Keep up the spirit.
Here are a list of pseudo names this senior citizen in his 80’s is posting.he has a old age condition called senility hence request Mysureans not to use foul language against him .This condition can’t be reversed and he will behave like that in future also.
Analysing comments of SOM Commenter
Joseph Mundaserry
Man ki baat
Ajjampur Vijayakumar
Gusto
Gautam
Howdy Modi
Mannn ki baat Bisi bele baat
Never Presto Questo
Kalabeda Kolabeda Luncha beda Mosa beda
Chamanlal maneklal Ghia
Kerosene vendor srikantiah
Kindari Joginder
Jogekal Lingappa
Krishnan kutty Nair
Lunchave Swarga Mosave Kailasa Modiye shiva
Aniyan Varghese
Kalabeda kolabeda veerashivabeeda vokaligabeda
Thirthalli eashwar
Karnataka IT Techie Coolie
Some times he posts under ladies name for ladies topic.keeping his age in mind please ignore his comments.
Hey Kid swamy
It is a bit rich coming from you, who lied about visiting Europe and seeing dirty roadside cafes. Grow up, kid!
Why would a grandpa, worry about a scoundrel grandon like you?
Hello @Sanjay Kini, the rourism expert, the ecologist, the development pioneer,the highways expert, the railways expert, the mass transit ssupremo, and the expert on which doctor is good etc.. etc.. Now,you are an expert investigator!
The reason why you are pissed off is: you do not like to be challenged, when you present a set of delirious examples like you have done above? Suadi Arabia, where camels roam about is hardly a country that India should be looking forwardc to in leaning to develop!
Well, your problem is Googlitis- scouring the internet to find acronymns, examples etc. and presting them as solutions to problems raised in the SOM, , all in bad English! The purpose?
BTW, it is ” Kindari Jogi”. Ofcourse, you have not read Kannada literature,and Kuvempu’s famous poem: ” Bommanahalli Kindari Jogi”. That shows your shallowness of knowledge.
Senility means: ” a decrease in the mental ability to think,memory loss, decreased ability to concentrate, or remember in a person” How could a senile person in his 80s remember to use that long list of names ?
You sound like suffering from SCHIZOPHRENIA, and you exhibit that condition so cleraly with that list. You are so convinced that this ghost person is in his 80s!
You must be really a worst case of r SCHIZOPHRENIA, whicn needs urgent treatment
@Sanjay Kini
I am really insulted because, You have not included me in that list of yours.
You must have taken quite a bit of time to compile that list. Those must be the ones who ridiculed your solutions of using helicopters, helipads, mono rail or magnetic levitation technology or even the technology of flying saucers, to bring more tourists into Mysuru, and alleviate traffic problems in Mysuru.
I can see, you are particularly hurt, when ” Josephb Mundaserry, often corrected your English. ?Hence, he appears FIRST in that list!
I can see, your pride is hurt, because, no one is recognising your genius.
For a senile 80 year old man to conjure up those names, and use them regularly, suggests that your reasoning is totally flawed, as your recommendations often are! I am 40 year old, with good memory, and I cannot remember to use those many names!
Are you sure, you are not a drug user?
Widening the single-lane underbridge on ringroad and ROB on KRS road are more important. We don’t need new entrance with glass facade. Instead, provide escalators or lifts at existing platforms.