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Fast-track railway projects
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit president K Laxman on Thursday urged the Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain to speed up the ongoing works of railway projects in Telangana.
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit president K Laxman on Thursday urged the Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain to speed up the ongoing works of railway projects in Telangana.
The BJP president submitted a memorandum to the Railway Minister Rajen Gohain in this regard on Thursday. He said there were some projects which need to be cleared and require proper attention for development and faster growth of Telangana.
Laxman said some of the projects in the State were going on at a snail’s pace including Maulali - Sanathnagar, Secunderabad - Medchal, Secunderabad - Ghatkesar, Falaknuma - Umdanagar (Shamshabad), Ghatkesar - Raigiri (Yadadri).
Regarding the proposed Circular Railway Line along the existing Outer Ring Road (ORR), Laxman said the land for circular railway line was acquired but, a new line would be useful for people of Hyderabad to ease out the traffic congestion and reach different destinations in and around Hyderabad city, he added.
He said two new terminals have been proposed to ease out traffic congestion at Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Kacheguda railway stations by establishing passenger terminals at Cherlapally / Moula Ali and Lingampally.
He said the electrification of Secunderabad - Mudkhed, Kache guda- Guntakal and Bibinagar - Nadikudi railway lines was also pending.
He also brought to the notice of the Minister that workshop at Kazipet with an estimated cost of Rs 270 crore was also pending. He said the State government had to provide 160 acres of land for this purpose. This was proposed in 2016-17 Railway budget. The BJP leader wanted Uday Trains from Secunderabad/Hyderabad as there is not even a single Uday train from Secunderabad.
He also wanted the Minister to take steps for starting the works pertaining to upgradation of Secunderabad Railway Station into international standards. The BJP leader wanted the Minister to take up the new lines proposed including Macharla-Nalgonda (81.6 km), Bhadrachalam Road- Sattupally (56.25 km), Bhadrachalam Road-Kovvur (151 km), Akkannapet -Medak (17.20 km), Kondapally-Kothagudem (125 km), Manuguru -Ramagundam (200 km).
He asked the Minister to take personal attention for completing these projects.
Talking to reporters later, Rajen Gohain said the Centre allocated Rs 1,789 crore for the railway projects this year to Telangana, which was more than double compared to 2016-17, which was projects worth Rs 601 crore. He said that as of now Rs 17,475 crore worth projects were going on in the State.
