Railways sanction 13.95 cr for the final location survey.
Union Minister of Tourism and Culture G.Kishan Reddy on Wednesday announced that an outer ring rail on the exterior periphery of the regional ring road
around Hyderabad with a bypass-cum-rail over the rail at AKkanapet, Yadadri, Chityal, Burgula, Vikarabad, and Gate Vanampalli will becoming up soon.
Towards this, the railway ministry has sanctioned a final location survey (FLS),
he said.
“This first-of-its-Kind project by Indian railways will revolutionize travel in Hyderabad and its peripheral region”,
the union minister stated while stating that the railways have sanctioned 233.95 crores for FLS. Speaking to reporters
in New Delhi, Reddy said that the project is not only envisaged to avoid congestion at important G. Kishan Reddy
Railway terminals in the city region, including Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Hyderabad, and Lingamapally but also to network socioeconomically
backward regions of Telangana. Meanwhile, Indian Railways has approved 100% funding for extension. ing MMTS Phase-11 by a length of 33 km between Ghatkesar and Raigir at a cost of ¥330 crore, he pointed out. “Although, the state government was to bear two-thirds of the project cost, the
Centre has decided to go ahead with 100% funding due to the dilly-dallying by the state government,” he said.
Meanwhile, FLS has also been sanctioned for the 61-km Karimnagar -Hasanparthi broad-gauge line at a cost of T1.5 crore.
‘The minister said “The Union Government has so far approved capital expenditure of 5221.92 crore on the capital projects and also released 4,144.50 crore under the scheme for special assistance to states for capital expenditure/ investment in the financial years 2020-21 to 2023-24 to the State Under the
scheme, special assistance is provided to state governments in the form of a 50-year interest-free loan. Meanwhile, Reddy urged Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao to complete the mutation process for the National
Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Genome Valley. The NCDC branch will provide a state-of-art laboratory and diagnostic support in the diagnosis of emerging and reemerging-
Stated that as 1.6 crores in revenue tax remain unpaid by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, the mutation could not be completed.
Speaking about other issues, Kishan Reddy said that the regional center of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) will shortly be set up in New Delhi.
