Every day there happens to be a discussion between politicians and citizens. Recently, Union Rail Minister Piyush Goyal did a tweet by taking credit for connecting the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru with the city central railway station through a rail network that was quite offending to a section of Bengalrureans. While some pointed out that the project was delayed without any rationale, others pointed out that it was not the railways but the airport management which is building the station.
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Railways' Gift to Bengaluru Flyers: Fulfilling decade-old demand of people, a halt Railway Station is coming up near Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) August 16, 2020
Providing relief from road traffic, this facility will allow people to comfortably travel to the airport. pic.twitter.com/MlkjiEmgDt
The tweet also had a video with Hindi narration stating the benefit it will give to thousands of workers and flyers alike. A leading media house has earlier reported how the railway station coming up near the Kempegowda International Airport is almost in the final stages and will be ready for operation by August-end. AK Singh, General Manager, South Western Railways confirmed that trains can start any time from September with the approval of the ministry.
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Tara Krishnaswamy, a Bengaluru-based citizen activist and co-founder of Citizens for Bengaluru, reminded that the wait was not for a decade but actually for 15 years and it was the failure of successive governments that the station has not been inaugurated till now. Tara, like many others, pointed out that the video was made in Hindi, not Kannada or English.
#BengaluruAirportHalt #SuburbanToKIAL, thank you! FYI 1/ KIAL started 2005, 15 years wait for train not decade. 2/ KIAL sanction was conditional on train to airport; failure of successive govts DESPITE lines existing 3/ Speak Kannada/Tulu/Konkanai to us, or English; not Hindi. https://t.co/P7PG0Nscqt
— Tara (@tarauk) August 17, 2020
