Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy appealed to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to set up an integrated railway coach factory in Kazipet in Telangana State. The CM met with the Union Minister on Friday and explained that theAP Reorganisation Act clearly mentioned the establishment of a coach factory in Kazipet. The Railways recently announced that a Periodic Overhauling (POH) workshop is being set up in Kazipet. After that , the state government wrote a letter requesting the establishment of a coach factory. The establishment of a coach factory in Kazipet is not just a dream of Kazipet people , but also the entire Telangana, the CM said, requesting the Railway Minister to construct a
new railway line between Vikarabad-Krishna station. The proposed railway route will connect the backward areas of South Telangana- such as Parigi,Kodangal, Chitlapalle, Tekalkod, Ravulapalle, Mathur, Daulatabad,Damaragidda, Narayanapet, Maktal. The new railway line will also help for the
development of cement clusters and other industries near Tandoor. The new railway network will also help to reduce the distance between Vikarabad Junction and Krishna station by 70 km .
The CM requested the Railway Minister to sanction a new rail route between Kalwakurti and Macharla. The proposed rail route from Kalwakurthi via Vangur-Kandukuru-Devarakonda-Chalakurthi-Tirumalagiri to Macharla will connect the proposed Gadwal-Dornakal and the existing Macherla routes. This new railway
network will benefit the Cement industry and for the purchase of forest products. The network will provide connectivity between Secunderabad,
Guntur and Dhone junctions and easy travel for devotees visiting the famous spiritual town Srisailam.The Chief Minister urged Ashwini Vaishnaw to reconsider the proposed rail routes of Dornakal-Miryalaguda (Papatapalli-John Pahad) and Dornakal-Gadwal. These two rail routes pass through fertile lands, sugarcane industries,granite industries, Siberian migratory bird center, India'slargest Buddhist stupa and Palair recreation areas in Khammam district. The CM explained that the land prices in this area of Palair assembly constituency are high and most of the farmers belong to BC, SC, ST and minority communities. The acquisition of valuable land in this place will become a burden for the Railway Department.
Considering this, the Chief minister requested for the railway lines to be changed from Dornakal to Vennaram-Mannegudem-Abbayipalem-Maripeda to Mothe by changing the proposed routes. These areas are completely backward, the cm said there are also no railway lines either. The distance will also be reduced by 19 km compared to the previous routes, the CM said, appealing to Ashwini Vaishnaw to reconsider the alignment of these two routes. MPs- Dr. Kadiyam Kavya, Dr. Mallu Ravi, Kunduru Raghuveer Reddy, Suresh Shetkar, Gaddam Vamsi Krishna, Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, and M. Anil
Kumar Yadav are present.
