Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is likely to inaugurate the Amaravati rail connectivity works during his visit to city on June 4.
Mr. Prabhu is coming here to meet Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and thank him for nominating him to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. He is likely to take this opportunity to ground the works for the new project, mostly online.
“We have completed the field survey for 67-kilometres for Amaravati project,” said a senior Railway officer. Ministers, MPs and officials from South Central Railway (SCR) will participate.
The Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has taken up the survey on new railway line to Andhra Pradesh capital, Amaravati, from both Vijayawada and Guntur.
Recently, the State and the Central governments announced that a new railway station would be constructed at Amaravati, and the capital city will be connected with the neighbouring stations.
The South Central Railway (SCR) has asked the RVNL to conduct feasibility study on the line and the RVNL officials are likely to submit the report in this financial year, Vijayawada Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Ashok Kumar told The Hindu .
Report soon
“RVNL has taken up the job and is studying on laying new railway line to Amaravati. We are expecting the feasibility report in the next few months and it would be submitted to the Railway Board for clearance,” the DRM said.
The Railway authorities said the officials wesre also studying improving KC Canal Junction and connecting Amaravati to Kondapalli and Rayanapadu stations and the surrounding stations in Guntur district.
“We are planning to give connectivity to Amaravati from Vijayawada and Guntur stations, and reduce burden on the two stations by operating trains between Guntur-Amaravati-Vijayawada. New rail bridges need to be constructed across Krishna River for implementing the new project,” says a railway officer.
Once the project is sanctioned, the SCR will submit proposals seeking land for the new railway station nearer to the State and central government offices, Secretariat and other structures, which are coming up in Amaravati.
“We need cooperation from the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and the State government in this regard,” he said.
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