HOSUR: Hosur Payanigal Membattu Sangam has demanded bringing rail routes near Hosur under Salem Railway Division and accused the Hubli Railway Division of sidelining Tamil Nadu’s interests.
Opposing the “step-motherly” treatment being meted out by the Hubli Railway Division, more than 700 members, including 200 women and children, staged a demonstration in front of the Hosur Railway Division on Sunday. They said their agitations and petitions to Railway authorities, Central ministers and peoples’ representatives did not evoke the desired response.
The association demanded train services to Chennai from Hosur via Bangalore until a permanent rail link was established between Jolarpet to Hosur via Krishnagiri and asked for extension of the recently introduced Bangalore-Anekkal train to Hosur.
It also sought introduction of Bangalore-Hosur-Erode fast passenger, operation of Nagercoil-Mumbai express weekly thrice, halt of Kochchuveli-Yeshwantpur Garibrath express at Hosur.
It also asked for a new train service between Mysore-Rameswaram via Hosur, daily inter-city train to Bangalore from Madurai, Trichy and Coimbatore, creation of new rail route to Jolarpet from Hosur via Krishnagiri and early implementation of the Karur-Salem railway line project. Krishsnadoss, vice-president, Hosur Payanigal Membatttu Sangam led the agitation. R. Ramalingam, president, HOSTIA, Durai, president,
Federation of Residents’ Welfare Association, Hosur, and Venkatrama Reddy, former Hosur MLA participated.
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