Hyderabad, Aug 2: Doubling of the section between Umdanagar-Shadnagar for a distance of 29.7 Kms, which is a crucial portion of the Secunderabad-Mahabubnagar doubling & electrification project, was completed and commissioned Today.
This acts as a major step forward in enhancing the rail connectivity between Hyderabad City and major cities such as Mahabubnagar, Kurnool, Anantapur, Bengaluru, Kadapa, Tirupati towards the south.
The project is being executed by the Railway PSU, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), South Central Railway (SCR) in a release here said.
The Secunderabad – Mahabubnagar doubling & electrification project is one of the critical projects for strengthening the rail operations in the state of Telangana. The project was sanctioned for a distance of 85 kms in 2015-16 at an estimated cost of Rs 774 crore.
The section between Secunderabad-Umdanagar for a distance of 28 Kms is excluded in the above project and is undertaken as part of MMTS Phase I &II and is completed.
Doubling & electrification work in the balance section Umdanagar – Mahabubnagar has been progressing at a fast pace, out of which the section between Shadnagar -Gollapalli for a distance of 29 Kms is completed.
Now, with the completion of the 29.7 km stretch between Shadnagar – Gollapalli, the continuous stretch between Secunderabad – Gollapalli for a distance of 88 Kms will have a double line facility.
The works in the balance portion between Gollapalli – Mahabubnagar for a distance of 25 Kms are progressing well and nearing completion, the release added. (UNI)