I will do the following:
⏺️Speed up laying of Rayadurgam - Tumakuru, Davanagere - Chitradurga - Tumakuru, Ginigera - Raichur, Talakal - Wadi (Gadag - Wadi), Shivamogga - Harihar, Chikkamagalur - Sakleshpur new lines and commission them ASAP
⏺️Sanction Ballari - Lingasugur new line via Sirguppa, Sindhanur and commission it ASAP
⏺️Sanction escalators at Ballari Junction
⏺️Sanction...
more... pitlines at Ballari or Hosapete
⏺️Sanction ROB/RUB for LC no.110 (3rd gate) and LC no.109
⏺️Extend both platforms of Ballari Cantonment Halt (BYC) and develop it as second station of Ballari for trains of Hubballi - Gadag - Koppal - Hosapete - Ballari - Guntakal section
⏺️Introduce inter-state trains like Bidar - Hubballi, Bidar - Chamarajanagar via Bengaluru & Mysuru, Bidar - Mangaluru (2 trains one train via Shiradi ghat and another train via Braganza ghat), Solapur - Mysuru/Chamarajanagar via Ballari etc.,
⏺️Introduce trains towards Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi via Ballari
⏺️Will run long distance trains from Bengaluru to North India using these lines:
1) Rayadurgam - Tumakuru
2) Ballari - Sirguppa - Sindhanur/Lingasugur
3) Tumakuru - Chitradurga - Davanagere
4) Davanagere - Kotturu - Hosapete
5) Gadag - Yalvigi
⏺️Complete doubling & electrification projects of SWR ASAP
⏺️Merge Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) and Mangaluru into SWR and make them as new divisions