Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday announced that the work on the Dharwad-Belagavi via Kittur railway project, which will reduce the journey time to Belagavi, will be launched soon after clearing hurdles in land acquisition.
Inaugurating the B.S. Channabasappa Textiles Showroom at Tilakwadi in Belagavi on Sunday, the Chief Minister said that at present rail journey from Dharwad to Belagavi took around three hours as trains have to take a circumlocutory route via Londa. But the new route via Kittur will reduce train journey by more than an hour besides allowing more trains to be operated on the route, he said.
A sum of ₹823 crore project has already been sanctioned by the Railway Board and the land acquisition process has been initiated. The Union Government has already given necessary clearances and the work will be launched soon after the land acquisition process, he said.
