
Reintroduce passenger train to Subrahmanya, Railways urged
The Hindu
Services will benefit hundreds of regular travellers as well as pilgrims going to the temple town
With the State government relaxing norms after the COVID-19 second wave, rail patrons in Dakshina Kannada have urged the Ministry of Railways to reintroduce the Subrahmanya Road/Kabaka Puttur-Mangaluru Central Passenger with immediate effect. While one round trip of this train was operated between Subrahmanya Road-Mangaluru-Subrahmanya Road, another round trip was operated till and from Kabaka Puttur before the lockdown. Patrons have now have demanded operation of both the services till and from Subrahmanya Road for the benefit of daily commuters and pilgrims as well. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel wrote to the General Manager of South Western Railway on July 27 saying that he has been receiving representation from the general public to resume the cancelled services. People are put to great hardship as the services remain cancelled, the MP told South Western Railway.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












