Vande Bharath trains make SilverLine redundant: UDF
The Hindu
Satheesan welcomes hike in capital expenditure
Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan said the Centre's budgetary allocation for 400 modern Vande Bharath trains had rendered the Left Democratic Front (LDF) 's flagship SilverLine project redundant.
Mr. Satheesan said the Vande Bharath trains have a top speed of 180 km. They would traverse the existing rail system. The Centre would bear the entire cost for the scheme. The government should drop the financially and economically unviable K-rail project in the wake of the Centre's announcement.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.