SCR division nears as South Coast Railway HQ development begins

Railways has begun development of the brand new zonal headquarters for the South Coast Railway (SCoR) at Mudasarlova and it’s prone to be accomplished by February 2027. In the meantime, two flooring of deck constructing of Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Agency (VMRDA) are getting readied for begin of the zonal actions.

With this, the stage has set for the division of the South Central Railway (SCR) and solely a gazette notification from the ministry stays. This was knowledgeable to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu throughout a latest assembly with the highest officers of SCR and ScoR final month, based on high railway sources. The Chief Minister reviewed the standing of the continued tasks and proposed new works the place it was additionally determined to right away enable a few of these to utilize the obtainable authorities lands even whereas taking steps for expediting land acquisition.

Sources mentioned the CCLA has been requested to instruct the district Collectors to provide advance possession of presidency lands coming within the alignment of tasks. About 37 tasks of two,259 km costing an estimated ₹33,630 crore have been sanctioned which Mr. Naidu wished to be accomplished inside the subsequent three years.

He additionally referred to as for giving precedence for the multi-tracking tasks together with the third and fourth line of Khargapur- Vijayawada- Visakhapatnam part. Railway officers knowledgeable that the ultimate location survey and DPR (detailed undertaking report) preparation is in progress for the proposed High Speed Rail Corridor (HSRC) connecting Hyderabad- Bengaluru (through Kurnol, Dhone, Ananthapur,Hindupur) and Hyderabad- Chennai (through Amaravati, Guntur, Ongole, Nellore, Turupathi). These are prone to be submitted to Railway Board (RB) by March 2026.

The Chief Minister wished the Hyderabad- Chennai HSRC hall to be related to the forthcoming worldwide airport at Amaravati. Similarly, the proposed HSRC of Chennai- Bengaluru (DPR already submitted to RB) may be related with Tirupati. The AP authorities will ship a particular request to the Railways to allow this connectivity.

SCR/ScoR officers defined in regards to the plans for establishing of two new mega rail teaching terminals at Gannavaram (On the Vijayawada- Visakhapatnam line) and one other close to the capital Amaravati are deliberate. Along with these, the present preparations at Vijayawada and Guntur may even be augmented.

Five main stations – Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupathi, Nellore and Rajahmundry are among the many 73 stations recognized for improvement as ‘Amrit Stations scheme at an approximate whole price of ₹3,414 crore. New line tasks to be taken up and that got here up for dialogue had been: Nadikude – Srikalhasthi, Kotipalli- Narsapur, Rayadurga -Tumumkur, Kadapa- Bengaluru, Sattuaplli Kovvur, Errupalem- Nambur and so forth.