The State government is stated to be lukewarm to new railway lines sanctioned on cost-sharing basis as it is going slow on land acquisition for such projects.
One of the classic cases is the 199.7 kilometer (km) Tumkur-Davangere new line, which was announced in the 2011-12 Railway Budget, and sanctioned by the Railway Board in October 2013.
Though the new line will provide connectivity to the proposed National Investment Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) near Tumkur, which is set to provide jobs to over 1.6 lakh people, the State Cabinet is yet to give approval to land acquisition for the project.
The NIMZ is proposed on 14,091 acres of land in Tumkur and Sira taluks abutting National Highway 4 and is expected to attract an investment of over INR 35,000 crore with an anticipated annual turnover of about INR 80,000 crore.