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For now, only tickets printed at station counters will be in
Kannada, while tickets booked online are yet to be made available in
the language. </span>
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<p>Railway tickets will now be printed in Kannada, in
addition to Hindi and English. Kannada activists have been demanding
this for some time now, and this move by the South Western Railway
officials has brought cheer to them.</p>
<p>However, only tickets printed at station counters will be available
in Kannada, while tickets booked online are yet to be made available in
the language. Unreserved tickets with information in Kannada will be
available in computerized passenger reservation counters in Bengaluru,
reported <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/railway-tickets-in-kannada-soon/articleshow/63115562.cms" target="_blank">Times of India. </a></p>
<p>The Indian Railways’ passenger amenities committee had approved a
proposal to print tickets in the local language, in addition to English
and Hindi from January 1, 2018.</p>
<p>Karnataka is not alone in demanding the inclusion of local languages,
as states like Tamil Nadu have also demanded that tickets and official
forms be available in the local language and have pushed for a
two-language policy of English and the local language instead of Hindi.</p>
<p>Pro-Kannada activists took to Twitter to welcome the move. #ServeInMyLanguage was trending on the social media platform.</p>
<p>In July last year, members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike had
defaced Hindi signs in metro stations across Bengaluru. Activists of the
Vedike had demanded that the three-language policy be removed and that
the state government implement a two-language policy of Kannada and
English only.</p>
<p>Subsequently, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had written to the Centre,
asking it to order the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)
to take down the sign boards in Hindi.</p>
<p>However, members of the Vedike are still upset that despite the promise, BMRCL still has not taken down the Hindi signboards.</p>
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