Mandya railway station to be upgraded; additional railway station planned for Maddur

Upgrading of the railway station in Mandya into a ‘world-class facility’, establishing an additional railway station at Maddur and construction of overbridges and underpasses at level crossings along the Bengaluru-Mandya-Mysuru railway sections came under focus during a window-trailing inspection by Union Ministers H.D. Kumaraswamy and V. Somanna on Thursday.

Being a key agricultural, commercial and tourism hub between Bengaluru and Mysuru, Mr. Kumaraswamy said Mandya requires a modern railway station. With railway stations across India being upgraded to resemble airports, Mr. Kumaraswamy expressed confidence that Mandya railway station, too, would be developed similarly with the support of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and Mr. Somanna.