Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be dedicating the electrification project of Ambari – Adilabad – Pimpalkhuti to the nation on Monday (March 4) at Adilabad. The project is part of the Mudkhed – Pimpalkhuti electrification works project sanctioned for 182 route km in 2017-18 at an estimated cost of ₹206 crore. The 58 route km (71 track km) of Ambari – Adilabad – Pimpalkhuti section has been electrified at a cost of approximately ₹70 crore, said an official release on Sunday.
This railway line section falls in the backward districts of Adilabad (46.6 route km) in northern Telangana region and some portions of Nanded and Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra (11.5 route km). It serves as the connecting route towards Nagpur and other parts of Maharashtra. This critical section falls in the railway line connecting Hyderabad/Secunderabad towards Nagpur (via Nizamabad) and beyond, hence electrification facilitates seamless rail connectivity from Adilabad towards Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Bengaluru in the south as well as Nagpur and beyond in the North.
It will also avoid detention of trains on account of traction change thereby improving the average speed of both passenger and freight trains. In addition, it will reduce environment pollution on account of diesel fuelled trains, thereby saving annual fuel costs. It also helps the farm sector in Adilabad and surrounding areas by providing safe, fast and economical transportation to their products like cotton, chillies, pulses and maize. In the last 10 years, 1,753 track km of rail network has been electrified across Telangana.
