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South Central Railway (SCR) is successful the last stages of executing 3 cardinal third-line projects, on with electrification works connected immoderate of its busiest routes. These upgrades are expected to heighten bid speeds and alteration much services connected cardinal sections by the extremity of the year.
The astir important among them is the 219-km Vijayawada-Kazipet third-line project, spanning some Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, astatine a outgo of ₹1,952 crore. This captious corridor carries dense rider and freight postulation bound for the eastbound and confederate regions of the country.
Sanctioned successful 2012-13, the task covers 35 km successful Andhra Pradesh and 184 km successful Telangana. Of the full length, 179 km person been completed, including the Vijayawada-Gangineni (35 km), Gangineni-Khammam (72 km) and Mahabubabad-Kazipet (72 km) stretches. The remaining 41-km conception betwixt Mahabubabad and Khammam is expected to beryllium completed wrong the adjacent 2 months, according to elder railway officials.
The 2nd task is the 205-km Kazipet-Balharshah section, costing ₹2,063 crore (excluding the Raghavapuram-Mandamarri stretch). Spanning 159 km successful Telangana and 46 km successful Maharashtra, this enactment lies connected the heavy congested Grand Trunk way and was sanctioned successful 2015-16.
So far, 187 km person been completed, including Kazipet-Raghavapuram (90 km), Sirpur Town-Sirpur Kagaznagar (21 km), and Asifabad-Rechini Road-Bellampalli (29 km) successful Telangana, and the Balharshah-Manikgarh-Makudi-Sirpur Town (46 km) agelong successful Maharashtra. The remaining 18 km, covering Bellampalli-Mandamarri and Asifabad-Sirpur Kagaznagar, are expected to beryllium completed soon.
The third 1 is the 288 km Vijayawada–Gudur third-line project, costing ₹3,246 crore — besides connected the Grand Trunk route. It was sanctioned successful 2015–16 is being executed successful 3 packages: Gudur–Bitragunta (75 km), Bitragunta–Karavadi (89 km) and Karavadi–Krishna Canal (Vijayawada) (124 km). Of this, 281 km from Gudur to Pedavadlapudi person been completed. The remaining 7 km betwixt Krishna Canal and Pedavadlapudi is nearing completion.
Other large third-line projects successful the pipeline include: Duvvada–Vijayawada (335 km, ₹3,350 crore) – Sanctioned successful 2015–16; survey underway for a 4th line. Gudur–Renigunta (83 km, ₹877 crore) – Sanctioned successful 2024 wherever preliminary works successful progress. Another large capableness gathering enactment is the Secunderabad–Wadi (173 km, ₹5,012 crore) project which includes operation of a 3rd enactment betwixt Sanathnagar–Hafizpet and a third/fourth enactment betwixt Hafizpet–Wadi. The task is expected to beryllium completed successful 5 years, requiring 226 hectares of land, said to CPRO A. Sridhar.
