Railway line connecting large cities are the need of this time and it is economically viable also. A mere 160 km railway line would connect Mysore to Calicut via wynd. The proposed rly line beginning from najngud near Mysore passing through begur –maddur- moolehole- sby- kpt- meppady- kodanchery- thamarassery- and reaching at elathur near Calicut would connect Mysore and Calicut. In this proposed rout there are no hazardous Ghats or steepness. While completing this rly the distance between mys-clt will shrink to 180 kms and Bangalore –Cochin distance will limit to 520 kms. Through this rout one can travel from Calicut to Mysore in 2 hours. And to Bangalore in 4 hours. The travel time from Bangalore to Cochin 7 hours.
This rly line give a giant leap to the development prospects of Calicut wynd,chamraj nagar and Mysore districts through which the proposed rly line is passing through . This line would be beneficial to adjoining coorg neelagiri ,kannur and malappuram districts also. Above one crore fifty five lakhs people are residing in these 8 distdiricts which is coming under the consumer limits of this proposed line. On completion this rly line would become the major goods carriage rout of s India. This line would connect Cochin ,vizhinjam and Beppur ports with Bangalore ,Mysore ,Hyderabad, Pune , Nagpur cities as the shortest route . The proposed rly line would contribute much to the tourism development of this region also .
Financial implications
On this 160 kms stretch only 120 kms are passing through private properties. Construction of line land is to be acquired in a width of 15 mts. So the required area to be acquired is 15 mX 120 Km =1.8 Km2
That is equevalent to 180 hectors only .
Amount required for land accusation can be calculated as
Average price of 1 hector land =250,00,00 rs
So price of 180 hr of land 45 crore rs
Cost of construction of line (rs 4 crore /km) 160 X 4 = 640 Crore
Cost of over bridge (rs 5 crore / km ) 30 X 5 =150 crore
Cost for construction of 8 rly stations and ancillary expenses 8 X 3 = 24 crore
Other incidental expenses 16 crores
Total 875 crore .
Income prospects
1. Income prospects from 2 trains playing between Calicut- Mysore and sby –Calicut in three trips is given below.
Clt to Mysore with 2000 passengers in 2 up and down trips
2000 X 4 X 100= 80,00,00v rs
A train playing 3 up and down trips between sby and Calicut 2000X 50 X 6 = 6 lakhs
daily income this short rout only from 14 laks
income of one year =58 .4 crore a
Expected income from passenger trains Bangalore – cochin , Bangalore – Trivandrum etc.. newly operating or diverting to this rout 100 crore /year.
Income from cargo moving (3 times of passenger income ) 474 crore rupees .
Total income in a year 642 crore .
So within 2 years the entire project cost could be reimbursed . this rly line would become a major profit contributor of the rlys .
Challenges ;
In between Maddur – sby , and meppady –Kodanchery the proposed line would pass through forest areas of a length of 25 kms and 5 kms respectively . but the environmental problems could be avoiding through underground tunnels or elevated bridges.
If the line is drawing through elevated bridges through the forest it would be a major tourism attraction.
Advantages
Since this line does not require waste area of land rly could not face accuisission and eviction related problems .from nanjangud to maddur uninhibited from maddur to muthanga no aquisition required since the line is passing through forest area. From Sulthan Bathery to meppady the proposed line is passing through plantations. So that it requires minimum number of displacement of common people.
The proposed line is going to benefit the completing container terminal at cochin port . The major beneficiary of cochin port is the north western parts of kntaka southern Maharashtra and south west of Andhra . the container movement of from this part and Bangalore city could be deviated through this shortest rout at the benefit of time and expense.
The connectivity to Mysore from wynd kkd and mpm districts will contribute to the economic development of Mysore .At present Mysore is the nearest airport of the people of wynd and nilgiri. A large number of nris especially those are working in gulf hail from this area .they could resort upon the newly opened Mysore airport.
The proximity of granite quarries at cham nagar, gpet, and ambalavyal will ensure the supply of row stone which is a major ingredient of rly construction, without much expense .
