Darshana Jardosh, Minister for Railways and Textile, Government of India held a meeting with the MPs of Karnataka in Bengaluru.
MPs of Karnataka, B.N Bache Gowda, Muniswamy, Sumalatha Ambarish, G.S. Basavaraj, Lahar Singh Siroya, Raja Amareshwar Naik, Shivakumar Udasi, Y. Devendrappa, Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav, Annasaheb Jolle, Karadi Sanganna and 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.
Minister discussed various issues pertaining to development of Railway Infrastructure in the constituencies of the 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 Minister with MPs of Karnataka.
Later, the 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.