New Railway Lines for Amaravathi

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Feb 04, 2017, 03:29 PM

New Railway Lines for Amaravathi

Amaravathi February 04: The Desire of Amravati citizens come's too true that they are getting new railway lines to the capital city.

Following the submission of an action plan for providing railway connectivity to the capital city of Andhra Pradesh – Amaravati, officials of Vijayawada and Guntur divisions of South Central Railway (SCR) are exploring various options.

They are looking at two possibilities that have emerged in the recent meeting.

This project is going to under the lavish budget worth rupees 2800 crores and has to develop the capital city surrounding area with an additional budget.

One is laying a direct line either from Sattenapalli or Pedakurapadu in Guntur-Nadikudi section and linking it to Mangalagiri via temple town of Amaravati and the three villages in seed capital (Uddandarayunipalem, Tallayapalem and Lingayapalem).

The second one is a new line from Kondapalli running on a bridge proposed to be constructed across the River Krishna from Ibrahimpatnam. Kondapalli and Rayanapadu stations in Vijayawada division are the closest to the seed capital but constructing a railway bridge across River Krishna and laying a new line entail huge expenditure.

Connecting the capital city with Sattenapalli-Guntur-Mangalagiri-Vijayawada line is fraught with issues of land acquisition as the new line has to cut across highly productive agricultural fields.