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Three suburban stations successful the duplicate cities — Hafizpet, Huppuguda and HiTech City — nether the South Central Railway (SCR) are being redeveloped astatine a full outgo of ₹81.97 crore. The works are nearing completion and expected to beryllium acceptable for nationalist usage wrong the adjacent 3 months.
The redevelopment of the stations see modern amenities specified arsenic caller rider waiting halls, integer signboards, 12 feet-wide ft overbridges equipped with 2 lifts and escalators, expanded circulating areas, caller presumption facades and circulating areas, further level shelters, disabled-friendly restrooms and truthful on.
An authoritative spokesperson of SCR informed connected Wednesday that Hafizpet station, located connected the Lingampally-Falaknuma route, sees an mean regular footfall of astir 9,000 passengers, with astir 60 MMTS trains and 8 explicit trains halting here. It is being upgraded astatine a outgo of ₹29.21 crore.
Huppuguda station, connected the Falaknuma-Kacheguda section, caters to astir 5,000 passengers regular and handles astir 50 trains, including suburban services. The presumption is receiving a 2nd introduction constituent and enhanced rider amenities astatine a outgo of ₹26.81 crore.
HiTech City station, besides connected the Falaknuma-Lingampally line, is being developed astatine a outgo of ₹25.95 crore. The presumption volition diagnostic a caller booking bureau and a redesigned facade. It has a rider footfall of astir 4,000 with 62 trips per day. There is simply a connection for stopping some abbreviated and agelong region trains astatine this station.
These stations, expected to beryllium acceptable by this year-end, are among the 40 successful Telangana selected nether the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, with an estimated full outlay of ₹2,752 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the instauration chromatic for the redevelopment of these stations betwixt August 2023 and February 2024. Three stations — Begumpet, Warangal and Karimnagar — person already been inaugurated. The ongoing redevelopment of Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Kacheguda and Lingampally stations besides falls nether the aforesaid scheme.
