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angalore: The Railways will complete doubling of track between Bangalore and Mysore by 2014. Announcing this, Union minister of state for railways KH Muniyappa said land acquisition hurdles to the project have finally been cleared.
    “This route is becoming busier by the day. At present, around 25,000 people travel between the two cities by train on a daily basis,” he pointed out.
    He said 138 km of track has to be doubled and has been sanctioned in three phases — Bangalore to Kengeri (12km), Kengeri to Ramnagaram (32 km) and Ramanagaram to Mysore (94 km). Although these works were sancti-oned between 2003 and 2008, work never started because of right-of-way issues in Mandya. “Fifty acres of land has to be acquired in Mandya district. The work was supposed to be over by 2011. The delay is because of land issues,” he said.
    Further, shortage of funds allocated by the ministry of railways is the reason why multiple rail projects are yet to be taken up in the state, the minister added.