Taking note of a few major trains bypassing Ballari Railway Station and causing inconvenience to passengers, civil society organisations have urged the Indian Railways to establish a new railway station in Ballari.
Representatives of Karnataka State Railway Action Committee, District Bar Association, Veerashaiva Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Tungabhadra Raita Sangha, Karnataka Jana Kalyana Rakshana Vedike and Karnataka Vignana Parishat met Transport Minister and Ballari in-charge B. Sriramulu, Ballari Lok Sabha member Y. Devendrappa and Ballari MLA G. Somashekhar Reddy in Ballari on Sunday and submitted a memorandum on the issue.
Speaking to The Hindu, K.M. Mahesharaswamy, president of Karnataka State Railway Action Committee, said that trains running on Chitradurga-Hosapete line bypass Ballari Railway Station forcing commuters to go all the way to Ballari Cantonment to board them.
