A sum of Rs 600 crore to expedite work on seven long-pending railway projects and a promise to clear hurdles for Bangalore Metro work are some of the sops that the new railways minister Mallikarjun M Kharge doled out to his home state on Monday, July 1.
“Railways and Karnataka government together have decided to spend an additional Rs 600 crore in the current financial year to expedite work on seven pending rail projects,” Kharge told reporters after a meeting with senior railway and state government officials.
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