Mysore-Madikeri rail line project 'being revived'.

A question mark hovers over the future of the Mysore-Kushalnagar-Madikeri rail line project, for which there was a considerable push from a section of stakeholders in the region.

Although the preliminary engineering-cum-traffic survey for the new rail line was launched more than two years ago (in December 2011) and completed four months later, there has been no further progress. However, according to a railways document on the status of various projects and new lines coming under the South Western Railway, the 100-km line project seems to have been 'shelved' by the Railway Board.

This was confirmed by a senior official of the construction wing of the Indian Railways. The official added that the board had shelved the project because it was perceived to be 'economically unviable,' but clarified that it was being 'revived' again.

THE HINDU