BS Reporter / Chennai/ Dharwad Feb 01, 2010, 00:45 IST
Dharwad MP Prahlad Joshi has sought the establishment of a railway medical college in South Western Railway zone jurisdiction. He has suggested that the college should be established at Hubli.
Speaking to BS after holding discussion with SWR chief general manager Kuladeep Chaturvedi about the proposals from the SWR for the forthcoming railway budget, Joshi said his suggestion was in line with Union Railway minister Mamata Banerjee’s desire to set up Railway medical colleges in select centres in the country. The minister had announced this in the 2009-2010 railway budget.
He said besides sending the proposal from SWR, he had also written to the railway minister seeking the establishment of the medical college in Hubli. The MP asked the SWR CGM to include doubling of track between Hubli and Dharwad in view of increase in rail traffic. The other proposals are to start another train from Hubli to Hyderbad so as to reach the destination early in the morning (The Haripriya/Rayalseema express train at present reaches Hyderbad at 10.30 AM), new trains from Hubli to Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai, shifting of all the SWR offices in Bangalore to Hubli and appointment of D group employees among others.
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