South Western Railway (SWR) has commissioned 56 km out of the total 68 km of Kadur-Chikmagalur-Belur section under the Kadur-Chikmagalur-Sakleshpur New Line Project in Karnataka.
The project involves laying of a 93 km long new broad gauge railway line from Kadur to Sakleshpur via Chikmagalur in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 9.75 billion.