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South Western Railway (SWR) has proposed to add 41.5 km of new Railway lines, Mr Ashok Kumar Mittal, General Manager, SWR said. Gauge conversion will be done along 27 km stretch and doubling will be done along 44 km stretch this year, he said. Work along 11.5 km new line between Kannivehalli and Chikmagalur, a part of the Kadur-Chikmagalur Railway line project. Doubling between Channapatna and Settihalli a distance of seven kilometer, a part of Bangalore-Mysore Doubling project and 27 km of gauge conversion between Chintamani and Sidlaghatta a part of Kolar-Chikkaballapur have already been completed and engine rolling done, he said. SWR has completed the preliminary engineering-cum-traffic survey for laying of the new BG line from Mysore to Kushalnagar a distance of 84.5 km. The cost of the project is estimated at Rs 667 crore for which proposal had been submitted to the Railway Board. The work on land acquisition will start only after the work of construction of new line is sanctioned by Ministry of Railways, he added. SWR has begun to take up work related to basic infrastructure like platforms, pit-lines and washing sidings. Mittal said an additional pit-line for 26 coaches at Yeshwantpur (Bangalore) has been completed; pit-line for no 1&2 platforms at Hubli for accommodating 24 coaches have been extended from 18 to 22. Additional pit-line no 3 for 23 coach length has been completed at Hubli. Similarly, at Vasco, Arsikere, Baiyapanahalli (Bangalore), existing pit-lines are have been extended for accommodating more coaches, said Mittal.