Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
DEVELOPING GUNDLUPET AS A MAJOR RAILWAY HUB
GUNDLUPET is a township at the crossroads of Bandipur forests some one and a half hours journey from Mysore.For good or for bad the broad-guage railway link on this sector is upto Nanjangud thereafter the railway link extends towards Chamrajnagar.
Gundlupet has a key strategic role as buses towards Ooty and towards Calicut have to pass through this township. A broad guage railway link to the township of Gundlupet will have many advantages more than anything else it will ease the population load on Mysore Bus stand and also the Mysore railway station.Instead of travelling to Mysore interim populace could directly travel to Gundlupet by train and proceed to Ooty or Calicut by bus. A major Government bus stand can be planned at this place with pathways and link to the Gundlupet Railway Station.
Railway links to places like Sultan battery (Ganapativattom) and Vythiri in Wayanad through the forests can also reduce travel time to Calicut and other towns in Kerala. The Government is planning a tunnel from Meppadi in Wayanad to Anakampoyil in Calicut through the Western Ghat mountains the tunnel being some ten kilometers long..the tunnel could also accomodate the Railway line.
For reasons unknown such a project has not been undertaken as the time and expenses to lay such a railway line would not be much considering it is level land and could help propel the economy of this sector.
Friday, May 2, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Saturday, April 12, 2025
BAKEL FORT KASARGOD AND THE TOWN OF KASARGOD
The town of Kasargod is situated in the northern tip of Kerala but close to the city of Mangalore in the state of Karnataka.The travel time between Mangalore and Kasargod must be some one hour duration.
Kasargod is a cosy town with a moderately large KSRTC bus stand with temples and streets abound. Kannada and Malayalam are languages largely spoken here.
The city of Kanjanghad must be some thirty kilometers from here and on the way comes the Bakel fort.Almost every half an hour there is a bus from Kasargod to Mangalore.
The travel time from Bangalore by road is eight hours; the bus traversing through Mysore, Madikeri, Mulleria and Kasargod.
Something about the Bekal fort.This fort is some thousand years old changing hands from various rulers from time to time.It is a must-see.It stands on some 40 acres of land and a lower component which is adjacent to the sea.There are many water sources made in the yore inside this complex and also watch towers and armoury and the entire complex is sea facing.The fort is some fifteen kilometers from Kasargod and also the same distance from Kanjanghad meaning that it can be reached from both these places.
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