Mumbai, April 11 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday highlighted the multiple problems faced by Konkan railway and requested the Union government to merge the Konkan railway corporation with the Indian Railways, citing similar demands made by Goa and Karnataka state governments.

"We have requested union government that Konkan railway should be inducted in railway itself as Konkan railway. At present, it is only a corporation, and that is why it is facing issues of development and extension in terms of doubling of lines and other infrastructure," CM Fadnavis said during a joint press conference with Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Mumbai.

"Similar demands have been made by Goa and Karnataka state Govt's also," Fa...