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'''Beitkal Harbour to Hyderabad Railway Proposal 1858'''

The “Bombay Minutes of the Members of Council on a railway from Beitkal Harbour to Hyderabad” dated 13th September 1858 <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books/about/Reports_on_the_Harbour_of_Beitkul_in_Sed.html?id=5pZWAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y “Reports on the Harbour of Beitkul, in  Sedashighur Bay. By Colonel A T Cotton, Madras Engineers and Lieutenant A D Taylor Indian Navy, Printed by H Smith at Fort Saint George Gazette Press 1858; pages 22-51. Reproduced by Google Books ]; Retrieved  28 Oct 2016</ref> indicate that a full scale railway was under consideration to be built. Colonel [[Arthur Thomas Cotton]]  had been asked to provide an expert opinion. His estimate on page 28 of the submission gave that for the proposed 400 miles of railway at 80,000Rs per mile the cost would be over three million pounds. His conclusion was that this investment was unjustified and would place financial restrictions that this would put on the Madras Presidency. 

The end result was that the proposal was dropped and [[Karwar]] was not connected by rail to the interior, although a small port at Beitkal Harbour was constructed.

==Further Information==
See '''[[Early Railway Experiments and Proposals]]''' for more information and background.

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