Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast Region, G. Kishan Reddy, on Tuesday, has urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to personally intervene to see that pending land acquisition for the upcoming new passenger terminal in Cherlapally is expedited at the earliest. The Union Minister also urged for his intervention about the road widening towards the north entrance of the Secunderabad railway station.
In an official communication to the Chief Minister, a copy of which was released to the media, the Minister explained about the salient features of the fourth passenger terminal under construction in Hyderabad to cater to the growing railway passenger needs of the twin cities in addition to the existing terminal stations of Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Kacheguda.
The South Central Railway (SCR) plans to widen the approach roads to the upcoming terminal at Cherlapally from the FCI godown and from Bharatnagar to 200 ft and 100 ft wide, respectively. At least three more acres is required near the MMTS platform side for parking and other purposes. The railways has also paid 4 crore for a new water supply connection and this too needed to be expedited, said Mr. Reddy.
