Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa flagged-off a Roll on-Roll off train service between Nelamangala in Bengaluru to Bale railway station in Solapur in Maharashtra. It was the maiden run of the new service launched in line with the call given by the Prime Minister to adopt a multi-modal transport system in the country to ease load on road transport.<br />''<br />''The Ro-Ro rail, as it is called in short, is capable of transporting 42 trucks loaded with goods weighing 1,260 tonnes. This is introduced with an objective to provide environment friendly railway transport service that will also ease congestion on highways. The APMC agriculture market and Peenya industrial cluster in Bengaluru will benefit from this.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">In another development related to the railways, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda inspected the railway bridge in K R Pura in Bengaluru. He discussed with the railway officials to reinforce the old bridge. <br />''<br />''Speaking to media persons later, the Minister informed that a proposal has been sought for strengthening the old bridge. He also said that a discussion will be held with the Namma Metro Managing Director to build a skywalk in Vijinapura.</span><br />