South Central Railway’s (SCR) two key railway projects at a cost of about ₹7,540 crore to ease the highly-congested Bengaluru-Chennai routes towards South and routes towards the central and western parts of the country were cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
General Manager Arun Kumar Jain told a press conference at Rail Nilayam that the doubling and electrification of the Mudkhed-Dhone (417.88 km at ₹4,686.09 crore) in Telangana and Guntur-Bibinagar doubling project (239 km for ₹2,853.23 crore) in Andhra Pradesh will facilitate introduction of new trains and additional freight transportation to benefit both the Telugu States.
While the first section is expected to take six years, the second section may be completed in six years. Both the projects will increase the existing line capacity of the section by smoothening train operations and improving the punctuality, he said.
