Kanhangad-Kaniyoor railway line: Plea to complete survey

Mangalore, October 29: In connection with the construction of new Railway line from Kanhangad in Kasaragod district to Kaniyoor in Dakshina Kannada, a high level delegation headed by Kodi Ponnappa, former Karike Panchayath President and BJP leader submitted a memorandum to Cheif Minister D V Sadananda Gowda recently.

The delegation requested Cheif Minister to render whatever the help required to complete the second reach survey of 31 kms from Panathur to Kaniyoor via Sullia to the survey Division of Bangalore Southern Railway.

First reach

The Railway Board had completed its first reach 40 km from Kanhangad to Panathur about two years ago and is included in the Pink Book of Railway Board and waiting for the IInd reach survey report which is now pending.

In order to help the IInd reach survey, Jose Kochikunnel, a construction Professional who first brought this idea headed by other local Engineers prepared a route survey and project report submitted to the Bangalore Division of Southern Railway recently.

The delegation which visited Chief Minister include Joseph Kanakamotta, president of Malayora vikasana samithi, Jose Kochukunnel president of North east Malabar Passengers association of train, A K Mathew for Marchent Assosiation, Baby K T Malakkallu Vikasana Samithi Malakkallu and M J Jose Mavelil for INC and Shaji YMCA Prasident, Abraham Kaduthody Member of Kallar Grama Panchayat.

The Chief Minister promised to help required for materialing the project. Kochikunnel has also submitted memorandum to the Railway minister , Muniyappa Railway Minister for State and to the Chief Minister of Kerala through Member of Parliament P Karunakaran and also Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel.

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Hi,

Since there is plan of laying rail line b/w mysore and madikeri....It woul be useful,,,if line is layed between panathoor and madikeri instead of kaniyoor and panathoor

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Highlighting the role of New Mangalore Port, Chowta said its modern infrastructure, multiple berths and heavy cargo-handling capacity position it well as a logistics hub for transporting and assembling large wind energy equipment.

He also pointed to the presence of major industrial units such as MRPL, OMPL, UPCL and the Mangaluru SEZ, which could serve as direct buyers of green power through power purchase agreements, improving project viability and speeding up execution.

With Karnataka’s peak power demand crossing 18,000 MW in early 2025, Chowta stressed the need to diversify renewable energy sources. He added that offshore wind projects in the Arabian Sea are strategically safer compared to the cyclone-prone Bay of Bengal.

Calling the project vital to India’s target of 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Chowta urged the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to initiate resource assessments, pilot projects and stakeholder consultations at the earliest.

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