Smt. Darshana Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister for Railways and Textile, Government of India held a meeting  with the MPs of Karnataka in Bengaluru.

MPs of Karnataka, Shri B.N Bache Gowda, Shri Muniswamy, Smt. Sumalatha Ambarish, Shri G.S. Basavaraj, Shri Lahar Singh Siroya, Shri Raja Amareshwar Naik, Shri Shivakumar Udasi, Shri Y. Devendrappa, Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav, Shri Annasaheb Jolle, Shri Karadi Sanganna and Shri Pratap Simha attended the meeting. The other MPs have submitted written representation of demands pertaining to railway infrastructure projects in their constituencies.

Sr. Officers from Railways and Government of Karnataka were also present in the meeting.           

Hon’ble Minister discussed various issues pertaining to development of Railway Infrastructure in the constituencies of the Hon’ble MPs. She also gave directions and shared her valuable guidance o­n enhancing the co-ordination between State Government and Railways for speedy execution of projects.  This was the first ever meeting held in Karnataka by Hon’ble Minister with MPs of Karnataka.

Later, the Hon’ble Minister briefed the press and stated that the objective of this meeting was to enhance the synergy between State Government and Railways, there by resulting in removal of bottlenecks. 

She emphasized that the Government is committed to timely compilation of various projects. She also mentioned some of the new developments such as introduction of Vande Bharath, o­ne Station o­ne Product, new technology like Kavach and other initiatives.