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July 03, 2021 13:49 IST
The name is derived from five rivers in Udupi district that come together to join the Arabian Sea near Kundapura
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A file photo of the overnight Bengaluru-Karwar Express (16595/16596) that covers the distance in less than 14 hours.
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The name is derived from five rivers in Udupi district that come together to join the Arabian Sea near Kundapura
The Ministry of Railways has approved a proposal to name Train No. 16595/16596 Bengaluru-Karwar-Bengaluru Express as Panchaganga Express.
In a statement in Mangaluru, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje on July 2 said she had urged the then Minister of State for Railways Suresh C. Angadi to name the train after five rivers in Udupi that come together to join the Arabian Sea near Kundapura, thus getting the name Panchagangavali river.
‘Samithi wanted Karwar train detained in one direction’
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The Paschima Karavali Railway Yatri Abhivriddhi Samithi has said that it is upon the samithi s representation that MP Nalin Kumar Kateel wrote to South Western Railway seeking detention of Karwar-Bengaluru Express at Subrahmanya Road to ensure equal justice to patrons of Karwar and Mangaluru regions.
Samithi president G. Hanumantha Kamath said that since the Mangaluru-Bengaluru train alone was being detained at Subrahmanya Road in both the directions to give way for Karwar trains, it demanded detaining the Karwar Express too in one direction.
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Chinks in coastal railway unity seen
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February 10, 2021 02:44 IST
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s suggestions to SWR on operational issues irks people from Udupi and Uttara Kannada
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MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s suggestions to SWR on operational issues irks people from Udupi and Uttara Kannada
A suggestion by Dakshina Kannada MP and State BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel, purportedly at the behest of a few, to detain the Karwar-Bengaluru overnight express for a few minutes to facilitate the smooth running of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru Central overnight express appears to have ruffled coastal unity on railway issues.
Mr. Kateel in his January 30 letter to South Western Railway’s General Manager A.K. Singh welcomed SWR’s proposal to run Train Nos. 16511/12 Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Kannur overnight express via Kunigal on all seven days instead of four days. However, the train takes over 10.30 hours in both the directions as it gets detained at Sakleshpur-Sub