SCR continues in key role as South Coastal Railway takes off as 18th zone

The South Central Railway (SCR) has been reorganised from six divisions to 3 pursuing the instauration of the 18th railway zone, South Coastal Railway (SCoR). However, the SCR volition proceed to play a important relation for a fewer much months until the part of assets and functions is afloat completed.

Senior officials acquainted with the modulation said that portion bid operations were intelligibly demarcated from midnight connected May 31 with the motorboat of the caller zone, respective administrative and operational aspects specified arsenic fund allocation, ongoing task execution, tender management, etc., volition beryllium resolved gradually.

“It is the divisions wrong a portion that transportation retired astir operational work. Except for a fewer sections that person been reassigned betwixt the SCR and the SCoR, determination is clarity successful responsibilities similar the - Kondapalli-Motumari conception has been moved from Secunderabad to Vijayawada division, portion the Raichur-Wadi conception has shifted from Guntakal to Secunderabad part - section heads from some zones are coordinating intimately to guarantee seamless functioning,” they explained.

Network magnitude of SCR aft reorganisation

Operating controllers of some the SCR and the SCoR person already assumed complaint of their respective divisions and established nonstop connection channels with presumption masters for creaseless coordination from June 1. “The SCoR is present afloat liable for each railway activities wrong its divisions. Some overlapping matters specified arsenic unit management, ongoing works, and antecedently finalised tenders volition beryllium addressed successful the coming days,” said elder officials.

In definite areas, interim arrangements person been worked out. For instance, the sharing of ballast worldly from the Raichur depot, present nether the Secunderabad division, is being managed done communal agreements betwixt departments.

Network magnitude of SCoR

The SCR has been allocated a grounds ₹13,026 crore for infrastructure improvement successful the 2026-27 Union Budget, including ₹5,454 crore for Telangana and ₹10,134 crore for Andhra Pradesh. Planned works see enactment doubling, tripling, and quadrupling, alongside caller lines, electrification, gait modernisation, and presumption upgrades. The program covers astir 284 projects exceeding ₹50 crore each, on with astir 2,700 smaller works and astir 150 surveys to beryllium completed during the fiscal year.

SCR employees strength

The SCR office successful Secunderabad present has 152 officers, down from 234, with astir 80 posts shifted to the SCoR. The fig of non-gazetted unit has besides decreased from 2,900 to 1,941 aft astir 1,000 employees were transferred. A fewer interior adjustments person been carried similar Peddapalli-Nizamabad conception moved to the Hyderabad division, Latur Road-Parli Vaijnath and Mudkhed-Karkheli sections person been reassigned to the Nanded division.

SCR and SCoR web length

The SCR’s web magnitude present stands astatine 3,603 km down from 6,645 km earlier - comprising Secunderabad (1,835 km), Hyderabad (782 km), and Nanded (986 km) divisions. In contrast, the SCoR spans 3,501 km crossed Vijayawada, Guntur, Guntakal, and Visakhapatnam divisions. With the SCoR infrastructure specified arsenic bureau buildings and unit accommodation inactive nether construction, the SCR volition proceed to supply enactment and handholding during the transition, said Chief Public Relations Officer A. Sridhar.