GULBARGA: If things go as planned, the long-pending demand of the people of Gulbarga and Raichur will soon be a reality.
According to sources, the Railway department has given the green signal for doubling the railway line between Gulbarga and Hutagi on the busy Mumbai-Delhi and Chennai-Bangalore track.
The Department, which has already completed survey on the route, is expected to invite tenders shortly.
Station Manager Pratap Singh Yadav told Express that once it materialises, there would be no restriction in introducing more trains on this route.
At present, trains run on a single line from Wadi to Hutagi.
Doubling work has already been completed from Hutagi to Solapur.
With the track doubling between Gulbarga and Hutagi, the Railways could start one more train from Solapur to Bangalore.
The KRV had staged agitations to pressurise the Railways to take up track-doubling between Gulbarga and Solapur.
The decision to change its earlier plan to lay a line between Dound and Gulbarga, including Mohol to Khem in Maharashtra, had invited the wrath of the KRV.
When the Railways proposed to start work from Mohol, KRV members protested in front of Gulbarga railway station. They pointed out that for the work from Mohol to Khem, 174 bridges had to be constructed, while only three bridges were needed for doubling the line between Gulbarga and Solapur. Following stiff opposition, the Railways took up track doubling work.