In a letter to Railways Minister PK Bansal, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar requested approval for 11 new railway projects for the state. He informed the minister that the state government has already conveyed its willingness to provide land free of cost and share the cost of construction of the projects on a 50:50 basis. These projects include Tumkur-Kunigal-Maddur; Tiptur-Dudda; Gada
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CEC may allow auction of ore dumps in Bellary
Informed sources indicate that the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) may allow the auction of 6 million tonne (mn t) of iron ore dumps at various mines in Bellary district of Karnataka. Earlier, the committee visited various mines in the district and estimated that about 6 mn t of dumps could be auctioned. It is learnt that the CEC may allow auction of th
Work on interior roads of Mangalore to begin soon
Road works in interior Mangalore will commence soon, said Karnataka State Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat. With the government sanctioning the work on interior roads development in Mangalore South and Mangalore North at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore and Rs five crore respectively, the tender has been called and the work will commence shortly, he added.
Work on interior roads of Mangalore to begin soon
Road works in interior Mangalore will commence soon, said Karnataka State Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat. With the government sanctioning the work on interior roads development in Mangalore South and Mangalore North at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore and Rs five crore respectively, the tender has been called and the work will commence shortly, he added.
10 minor ports in Karnataka handle 15.8 lakh t cargo
Reports suggest that around 10 minor ports in Karnataka together handled approximately 15.81 lakh tonne of cargo during 2011-12. These minor ports are Karwar, Belikeri, Tadri, Honnavar, Bhatkal, Kundapur, Hangarakatta, Malpe, Padubidri and Old Mangalore. These ports are under the control of the state government
Tardy work on national highway 66 in Udupi blamed
Pointing out that there had been no progress in the work on NH 66 in Udupi district of Karnataka, K Raghupati Bhat, MLA, on January 26 accused Udupi-Chikmagalur MP K Jayaprakash Hegde of failing to expedite work on the widening of the National Highway 66. Bhat told the media in Mangalore that there had been no progress in the work on NH 66 ever since Hegde became an MP.
Kundapur-Goa border highway to be four-laned in Karnataka
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will take up four-laning of the 190-km stretch of NH 17 from Kundapur to the Goa border in Karnataka. The road project in the west coast is expected to be completed by 2016. The detailed project report (DPR) for the 1,756 crore project is ready and work is likely to commence by mid-2013.
SC panel assesses quantity of ore in dumps
The Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee is estimating the quantity of iron ore available at the dumps in the three mineral-rich districts of Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur in Karnataka. After assessing the quantity of ore available at these dumps, the committee plans to sell it via e-auction so that steel firms, who face shortage of iron ore, can bene
Proposed wharf project may cost Rs 44.5 cr
The proposed wharf project at at Mangalore Old Port is estimated to cost around Rs 44.5 crore, Lakshadweep MP Muhammad Hamdullah Sayeed informed reporters. The Lakshadweep government proposed to construct the wharf at the port and expects to begin work on it once the Karnataka government clears the proposal
Lakshadweep proposes wharf project at Old Mangalore Port
The Lakshadweep union territory government has sent a draft proposal to the Karnataka government to set up a 300-metre-long dedicated wharf at Old Mangalore Port for the benefit of the Lakshadweep administration. Hamdulla Sayeed, Member of Parliament from Lakshadweep informed this when he visited the Old Mang

