Tirupati MP advocates relocating railway works from Guntakal to Tirupati

Tirupati MP M. Gurumurthy has pitched for moving immoderate of the railway-related works wrong the purview of Guntakal Railway Division to Tirupati, successful presumption of the latter’s increasing prominence and value arsenic a celebrated pilgrim centre.

Speaking astatine the Zero Hour successful the Lok Sabha, helium recalled Tirupati’s value arsenic a pilgrim centre, an world hub and an concern destination and the lakhs of passengers thronging the spot passim the year.

With implicit 1.5 lakh travellers recorded each time from Tirupati and the Tirupati-Renigunta segment, the rider assemblage absorption has go pugnacious for the officials monitoring from Guntakal, the divisional headquarters, and hence suggested shifting immoderate of the halfway activities to Tirupati. He besides pointed retired that the gross generated from Tirupati was overmuch higher than respective divisional office stations.