Cabinet approves SCR Projects
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2024-02-08 18:12 GMT
Hyderabad: The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs on Thursday approved the doubling of the 88.81-km Motumari-Vishnupuram line and a rail-over-rail at Motumari for a distance of 10.87 km. The projects are estimated to cost `1,746.20 crore and would boost the socioeconomic development of the region.
The projects will increase the line capacity leading to improvement in the speed of trains, punctuality as well as wagon turnround time, it was stated.
The railway ministry has already sanctioned a preliminary engineering-cum-traffic proposal for rapid rail connectivity between the Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh, with trains travelling at 220 kmph.