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Siddaramaiah wants bullet train from Bangalore to Mysore by railgenie on 17 September, 2013 - 03:55 AM
avatar railgenie Siddaramaiah wants bullet train from Bangalore to Mysore on 17 September, 2013 - 03:55 AM

BANGALORE: Satisfied with the response from industries abroad, chief minister Siddaramaiah said that Japan has evinced interest in funding and sharing technology in a bullet train project in Karnataka.

Sharing his experience a day after his return from five-day China tour, Siddaramaiah, who appeared impressed by his eight-minute travel by a high-speed train from Shanghai central to Pudong international airport covering a distance of 50km, on Monday said "A bullet train between Bangalore and Mysore, about 130km, was necessary as we want to decongest Bangalore. One can reach Mysore in 30 minutes by bullet train."

The CM said he had a meeting with Japan's minister for education, culture, sports, science and technology, Hakubun Shimomura, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting at Dalian in China. "The Japanese side evinced interest in a high-speed (bullet) train project in terms of technology and investment and promised to send a delegation to Bangalore on an exploratory visit," he said.

Another area which appeared to have impressed Siddaramaiah was the Dalian convention centre. The CM said the Dalian convention centre was built by the Chinese to host WEF meeting in just 10 months and inspired by the idea and he wants to build an International convention centre near Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) on PPP model at a cost of Rs 400 crore to Rs 500 crore.

Impressed by the quality of roads in Dalian, the CM said he did not find even single pothole. "We have to learn and imbibe the quality of infrastructure and vision from them," he remarked.

Siddaramaiah said Malaysia's Q1 Group expressed interest in investing in e-retail, IT and education sectors in Karnataka while Spanish firm Acciona did so in waste water treatment, renewable energy projects and wind energy.

The CM said a road show was organized to showcase investment opportunities in the state in sectors like IT, BT, aerospace, manufacturing, food processing and tourism and wind energy. He said the show was attended by 150 investors and entrepreneurs.