Plan includes lengthy tunnel under the Kabani river to bypass three wildlife sanctuaries
The Karnataka government has not yet responded to a proposal by the Kerala government to establish a railway line from Thalassery to Mysuru.
Sources said that the Karnataka government had not replied even to a suggestion of the Kerala government to entrust the Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) with the task of carrying out a survey for the project which is under the consideration of the Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited (K-Rail). Incidentally, the Thalassery-Mysuru broad gauge line and the Nanjangud-Nilambur railway line are still under the consideration of K-Rail, a joint venture company under the State government and the Ministry of Railways.
K-Rail took up the four-year-old rail line project connecting Thalassery to Mysuru via Mananthavady in Wayanad district. The proposed…
