Karnataka clears 164-km rail line to Western Ghats
The Karnataka government has cleared the Hubballi-Ankola 164.44 km railway line, which will pass through the Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to a site inspection report submitted to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), nearly 80% of the proposed railway line passes through dense forest lands. The total land required is 995.64 hectares, including 595.64 hectares of forest land, 184.6 hectares of wetland, and 190 hectares of dry land. The principal chief conservator of forests with the Karnataka forest department and a member of the KSWB, Sanjay Mohan, said that the people of North Karnataka want development and jobs and this project will ensure both. This railway line was primarily planned to serve the freight traffic and to link the west coast to the Karnataka hinterland for socio-economic development of the northern and Hyderabad-Karnataka region. The present mode of road transport is seasonal and is inaccessible for five months during monsoons. As per the project layout, the main reason for proposing a new broad-gauge line was for the transportation of iron and manganese ore from Bellary to Hospet region to the upcoming ports at Tadri (near Ankola) and Karwar on the western coast of Karnataka, and also to the existing ports of Vasco and Madgaon in Goa.
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15 May 2020
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