The railway budget 08-09 is out. The fares are down. Plea for
Bangalore-Arsikere-Mangalore is left un-answered, but we have been
blessed with a handful of other trains instead. Also featured in the
new budget are more half hearted promises on the same old projects that
have been on simmer since more than a decade now (be done with the
Gulbarga Bidar line already). As far as Bangalore, in and by itself is
concerned, the CRS finds no mention in the 08-09 budget. With this two
years would have passed in the Comprehensive Traffic and Transport
Plan's Phase I(07-12) with no action on the 204 km CRS project.
