Just as people in Coastal Karnataka are demanding merger of Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., (KRCL) with the Indian Railways, people in Konkan region of Maharashtra too have made a similar demand saying KRCL might take four decades to align with IR infrastructure standards because of lack of funds.
Mumbai-based Konkan Vikas Samiti, representing Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg regions of the Konkan region in Maharashtra, has said financial constraints of KRCL have impeded the progress and expansion of the vital railway network, thereby hindering the growth opportunities of Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.
Samiti founding chairman Jaywant Shankar Darekar told The Hindu that the doubling project undertaken by KRCL about six years ago was not progressing well even as platforms at many intermediate stations were at low-level inconveniencing passengers.
