Lok Sabha Question No. 534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: Railway Projects in Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.534 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN TELANGANA

534.  SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  total  budgetary  allocation  for  railway  projects  in Telangana for  the fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25;

(b)  the  details  of  the  number  of  railway  stations  in  Telangana  identified for  upgradation  under  the  Amrit  Bharat Station  Scheme,  the  total  funds allocated for their redevelopment along with their present status; and (c) the current status/total central investment/the revised timeline for the completion of the Railway Manufacturing Unit at Kazipet?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) Railway Infrastructure Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana are covered under East Coast Railway (ECoR), South Central Railway (SCR) and  South Western  Railway (SWR)  Zones  of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain.

As on 01.04.2025, 20 projects (6 New Lines and 14 Doubling), of total length of  2,165  Km,  costing  ₹35,045  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Telangana  have  been  sanctioned,  out  of  which,  547  km  length  has  been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹11,549 crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   |   Length Commissioned till March, 2025 (in Km) | Total Exp. upto March, 2025 (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Lines               |                 6 | 840                    |                                            245 | 4,611                                      |
| Doubling/Multi-tracking |                14 | 1,326                  |                                            303 | 6,939                                      |
| Total                   |                20 | 2,165                  |                                            547 | 11,549                                     |

The details of outlay for infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana is as under:-

| Period   | Outlay        |
|----------|---------------|
| 2023-24  | Rs. 4,418 Cr. |
| 2024-25  | Rs. 5,336 Cr. |
| 2025-26  | Rs. 5,337 Cr. |

The  details  of  commissioning/laying  of  new  track  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Telangana during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 87 km                    | -                                     |
| 2014-25  | 774 km                   | More than 8 times                     |

Details  of  some  of  the  recently  completed  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Telangana are as under:

|   S. No. | Project                                                           | Cost (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Peddapalli- Nizamabad new line (178 Km)                           | 926                 |
|        2 | Jaggayyapeta- Janpahadnew line (48 Km)                            | 737                 |
|        3 | Akkanapet - Medak new line (17 Km)                                | 205                 |
|        4 | Bhadrachalam Road-Sattupalli new line (56 Km)                     | 990                 |
|        5 | Raghavapuram-Mandamari Doubling (24 Km)                           | 165                 |
|        6 | Raichur-Guntakal Doubling (81 Km)                                 | 388                 |
|        7 | Secunderabad- Mehboobnagar Doubling (85 Km)                       | 1,266               |
|        8 | Multi- Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase-II, Hyderabad (103 Km) | 1,156               |
|        9 | Byepass line at Peddapalli (2 Km)                                 | 37                  |

Some of  the  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Telangana which have been taken up recently are as under:

|   S.N | Name of Project                                            | Cost (Cr)   |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|     1 | Manoharabad-Kothapalli new line (151 km)                   | 2,781       |
|     2 | Malkangiri-Pandurangapuram new line (174 Km)               | 3,592       |
|     3 | Kazipet -Vijaywada - 3rd line (220 km)                     | 3,315       |
|     4 | Kazipet -Ballarshah - 3rd line (202 km)                    | 3,183       |
|     5 | Guntur- Bibinagar Doubling(239 km)                         | 2,853       |
|     6 | Mudkhed - Medchal - Dhone Doubling (417 km)                | 4,686       |
|     7 | Bhadrachalam Road - Dornakal Doubling(55 km)               | 770         |
|     8 | Motumari-Vishnupuram doubling and RoR at Motumari (100 km) | 1,596       |
|     9 | Nashkal (Pindial)-Hasanparthi Road bypass (25 Km)          | 465         |
|    10 | Secunderabad (Sanathnagar)- Wadi 3rd and 4th line (173 Km) | 5,012       |
|    11 | DornakalRail over Rail (RoR) Flyover (11 Km)               | 327         |

In  last  3  years  i.e.    (2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25)  and  current  Financial  Year i.e.2025-26, 57 surveys (18 New Line and 39  Doubling) covering a length of 5,672 km have been sanctioned falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana .

Execution of important infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of  Telangana  is  held  up  due  to  delay  in  land  acquisition.  Status  of  land acquisition in Telangana is as under:

| Total Land required         | 2,343 Ha       |
|-----------------------------|----------------|
| Land Acquired               | 1,580 Ha (67%) |
| Balance Land to be acquired | 764 Ha (33%)   |

Details of some major projects which are delayed due to land acquisition are as under:-

State

|   SN | Name of the project                           |   Total land required (in Ha) |   Land acquired (in Ha) |   Balance Land to be acquired (in Ha) | Amount Paid to State ( in Cr.)   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|    1 | Guntur- BibinagarDoubling                     |                            31 |                       0 |                                    31 | 40                               |
|    2 | Mudkhed - Medchal&Mahbubnagar - DhoneDoubling |                            70 |                       0 |                                    70 | 30                               |
|    3 | Kazipet-Vijaywada 3rd line                    |                           135 |                     118 |                                    17 | 159                              |
|    4 | Manoharabad - Kothapalli New Line             |                          1146 |                    1050 |                                    96 | -                                |

Government of Telangana has to provide land free of cost for Manoharabad Kothapalli new line.  From Manoharabad to Siddipet, 76 km has already been commissioned. Siddipet - Siricilla (31km ) section out of 151 km is pending since January 2025 is targeted for commissioning in FY 2025-26. However, for Forest land diversion in 2.1 km near Siricilla, Rs 10.10 Cr was demanded in Jan-25 but money required has not yet been deposited by Telangana Govt. till  date. Commissioning of Siddipet - Siricilla (31km) is held up due to this account. 04 projects in Telangana have been sanction on cost sharing basis at a cost of Rs 4,704 Cr Share of Telangana Government in these projects is Rs.2,181 Cr.  Telangana had to deposit Rs 1,708 Cr to Ministry of Railways for these cost  sharing  projects.  However  they  have  deposited  only  Rs  894  Cr.  Thus there  is  a  shortfall  of  Rs  814  Cr  which  is  adversely  affecting  progress  of works.

Sanction  of  any  railway  project  depends  upon  many  parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated  traffic  projections  and  remunerativeness  of  the  proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
- 
- Overall availability of funds Completion  of  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  which

include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s. Station Re-development

Ministry of Railways has launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.

The  scheme  involves  preparation  of  master  plans  and  their implementation  in  phases  to  improve  the  stations.  The  master planning includes:

-  Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
-  Integration of station with both sides of city
-  Improvement of station building
-  Improvement  of  waiting  halls,  toilets,  sitting  arrangement, water booths
-  Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic
- 
- Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
-  Improvement  /Provision  of  platform  surface  and  cover  over platforms
-  Provision  of  kiosks  for  local  products  through  schemes  like
- 'One Station One Product'
-  Parking areas, Multimodal integration
-  Amenities for Divyangjans
- 
- Better passenger information systems
-  Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings,  landscaping,  etc.  keeping  in  view  the  necessity  at each station.

The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions,  provision  of  ballastless  tracks  etc.  as  per  necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term.

So far,  1337 stations, including  40 stations located  in  the state  of Telangana have been identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station  Scheme.  The  name  of  stations  identified  for  development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in the state of Telanganaare as following:

| State     |   No. of Stations | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Telangana |                40 | Adilabad, Basar, Begumpet, Bhadrachalam Road, Gadwal, Hafizpeta, Hi-tech city, Huppuguda, Hyderabad, Jadcherla, Jangaon, Kacheguda, Kamareddi, Karimnagar, KazipetJn, Khammam, Lingampalli, Madhira, Mahbubabad, Mahbubnagar, Malakpet, MalkajgiriJn, Manchiryal, Medak, Medchal, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda, NizamabadJn, PeddapalliJn, Ramagundam, Secunderabad, Shadnagar, Sri BalaBrahmeswaraJogulamba, Tandur, Umdanagar, Vikarabad, Warangal, Yadadri, Yakutpura, Zahirabad |

Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in the state of Telangana have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, phase-I works of 3 stations (Begumpet, Karimnagar and  Warangal)  in  the  state  of  Telangana  have  been  completed under  this  scheme.The  works  at  other  stations  have  also  been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the stations is

as given below:

-  Basar station: The works of improvement of platform surfacing and platform wall have been completed. The works of  improvement  of  circulating  area,  platform  shelter  and
- waiting hall have been taken up.
-  Khammam  station:  The  works  of  platform  shelter,  general waiting  hall,  retiring  room  and  improvement  to  AC  lounge have been completed. The works of Foot Over Bridge, lifts, escalator,  station  building  and  circulating  area  have  been taken up.
-  Sri  Bala  Brahmeswara  Jogulamba  station:  The  works  of platform raising, platform extension, improvement of station building,  circulating  area,  platform  shelters  and  Divyangjan facilities  have  been  completed.  The  finishing  works  have been taken up.
-  Hafizpeta  station:  The  works  of  station  building,  booking office,  waiting  hall,  and  toilet  have  been  completed.  The works  of  platform  shelter,  platform  surfacing,  circulating area,  signages,  lift,  escalator,  12  m  Foot  Over  Bridge  and Divyangjan facilities have been taken up.
- Kazipet  Junction  station:  The  works  of  platform  shelters, improvement of existing general waiting hall, toilet, lift and escalator  have  been  completed. The  works  of improvement of station building, AC waiting hall, circulating area, parking
-  area and Foot OverBridge have been taken up.

Further development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds. The  priority  for  development  /  redevelopment  /  upgradation  / modernisation  of  stations  is  accorded  to  higher  category  of station  over  lower  category  of  station  while  sanctioning  and executing the works.

Development  /  Upgradation  of  railway  stations  is  complex  in nature  involving  safety  of  passengers  &  trains  and  requires various  statutory  clearances  such  as  fire  clearance,  heritage, tree  cutting,  air-port  clearance  etc.  The  progress  also  gets affected due to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities  (involving  water/sewage  lines,  optical  fibre  cables,  gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to works carried out in close proximity  of  tracks  and  high voltage power lines, etc. and these factors affect the completion time. Therefore, no time frame can be indicated at this stage.

Development / upgradation / modernisation of stations including under  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  is  generally  funded  under Plan Head-53 'Customer Amenities'. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan  Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railwaywise and not work-wise, or station-wise or state-wise. The state of  Telangana is covered under the jurisdiction of South Central Railway and for this zone, an allocation of ₹ 863crore has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure (up to October, 2025) of ₹ 664.27 crore has been incurred so far.

## Manufacturing unit at Kazipet

Indian Railways has planned to develop a Railway Manufacturing Unit  at  Kazipet,  Telangana  at  a  cost  of  Rs.521.36  crore  which will  be  capable  of  manufacturing  and  maintaining  a  variety  of modern Rolling Stocks. Significant progress has been made, with the civil and electrical infrastructure nearing completion and the majority of the machinery and plants delivered.

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