SCR gets ₹9,125 crore funding this year
The Hindu
Present allocation is an increase of 30%
The South Central Railway (SCR) got a 30% increased allocation in this year’s Union Budget at ₹9,125 crore for new lines, doubling, tripling and electrification works compared to ₹7,049 crore last year. Telangana got ₹3,048 crore, which is 26% more while Andhra Pradesh ₹7,032 crore or 21% more, said General Manager Sanjeev Kishore on Thursday.
“There has been a consistent rise in allocation for infrastructure works for both Telugu States in the last few years to the tune of 2.5 to three times since 2014.
The zone will be getting the second generation Vande Bharat modern train sets and stations development too will be taken up,” he told a virtual media conference.Significant decisions include ₹325 crore for modernising Secunderabad, Nellore and Tirupati stations, ₹70 crore for development of Cherlapalli new terminal station in capital and ₹58 crore for wagon repair unit at Kazipet. Other allocations for key railway lines are: