Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the course of his two separate visits to Telangana, is likely to dedicate two new railway lines: Krishna to Jaklair and Manoharabad to Siddipet, and two electrification works to the nation virtually, apart from addressing public meetings, informed official sources on Thursday.
The new rail line between Krishna - Jaklair for a distance of 37.48 km is part of Krishna - Devarkadra new line project of about 65.83 km. This project is also the part of Mahabubnagar – Munirabad new rail line project in which the Karnataka portion between Raichur – Munirabad is being executed by SWR – South Western Railway, and is in different stages of completion.
The Mahabubnagar – Devarkadra is an existing line and Krishna –Raichur is existing line and these lines are also part of the project. The new line between Devarkadra - Jaklair for a distance of 28.35 km is already commissioned in 2017.