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Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Development Shobha Karandlaje has requested Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav to merge Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) with Indian Railways.

Ms. Karandlaje represents Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. She told the Railway Minister that the KRCL, a joint venture of Indian Railways with Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala, has failed to fulfil the aspirations of coastal Karnataka.

When compared to other railway zones of IR, KRCL has completely failed to respond to the needs of the region. She wants it be merged with IR and brought under the control of South Western Railway (Karnataka-Goa) and Central Railway (Maharashtra). This has been a long-pending demand of people from the region, she added.