A.P. CM calls for better rail connectivity from seaports to hinterlands in five States

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Priority should beryllium  fixed  to expediting pending railway projects, says Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Priority should beryllium fixed to expediting pending railway projects, says Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. | Photo Credit: File Photo

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has stressed the request to amended obstruction connectivity from seaports to the hinterlands of Telangana, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to alteration Andhra Pradesh into a multi-modal logistics hub.

Addressing a reappraisal gathering connected railway projects astatine the Secretariat connected Wednesday, he said precedence should beryllium fixed to expediting pending railway projects successful the backward Rayalaseema and the coastal Andhra districts.

The Railways should devise strategies to trim the congestion astatine cardinal railway junctions, specified arsenic Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur, and Renigunta, helium said and asked the State officials to widen each practice to the Railways. 

“Focus should besides beryllium laid connected improving railway connectivity from the tribal regions to large cities and towns,” Mr. Naidu said.  

The Chief Minister reviewed proposals for respective caller railway lines, including the Vijayawada Bypass and the Bhadrachalam Road–Kovvur line. Plans should beryllium made for upgrading the Hyderabad–Chennai, Chennai–Bengaluru, and Hyderabad–Bengaluru railway lines into high-speed corridors, helium said. 

Pawan meets Railway Minister

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan met Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw successful New Delhi connected Wednesday and discussed the presumption of pending railway projects.

He sought steps for the improvement of Pithapuram into a exemplary railway presumption nether the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. He besides sought the operation of a Road Over Bridge (TOB) determination nether the PM Gati Shakti framework. 

Published - January 28, 2026 06:59 p.m. IST

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