New Delhi, Apr 28: Following the shareholder agreement between the Ministry of Railways and the Government of Karnataka to operationalise "K-Ride" in November 2002, four ongoing sanctioned railway projects have been identified under K-Ride. These are Hubli-Ankola new line, Solapur-Gadag gauge conversion, Hassan-Mangalore gauge conversion and Guntakal-Hospet doubling, an official press release said. For Hubli-Ankola new line, final location survey has been completed and land acquistion plans submitted to the state government for part length of 47.75 km. Earthwork and bridgework are in progress where land is made available. For Solapur-Gadag gauge conversion, work has been taken up in phases, and the Solapur-Hotgi (16 km) and Hotgi-Bijapur (94 km) have been completed. Earth work, bridgework and ballast collection are in progress on rest of the section from Bijapur-Gadag. In the area of Hassan-Managalore gauge conversion, Arsikere-Hassan- Saklespur section has been completed and commissioned. Work is in progress in balance length. Subramanya road-Kabakaputtur section is targeted for completion during the current financial year 2003-2004. For Guntakal-hospect doubling, final location survey has been completed. Thirty km long Bellary-Tornagallu is targeted for completion in the current financial year. Solapur-Gadag gauge conversion will be done on cost sharing between Ministry of Railways and Karnataka government while the Hassan-Mangalore gauge conversion project will be taken up under special purpose vehicle route, it said. Bureau Report