21% jump in allocation to State railway projects
VIJAYAWADA / VISAKHAPATNAM: In the 2022-’23 Union budget, Rs 9,125 crore was allocated to the South Central Railway (SCR), nearly 30% increase from the last financial year’s outlay of Rs 7,049 crore. The allocation for railway projects in the State in the Budget was Rs 7,032 crore, a 21 per cent increase from Rs 5,812 crore in 2021-22.
The Budget allocation to the railway projects in Andhra Pradesh was 2.5 times the average allocation made during 2014-20. The Budgetary allocations for some of the important ongoing projects under SCR in AP are as follows: Rs 1,681 crore for Vijayawada-Gudivada, Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram , Narsapur-Nidadavolu doubling and electrification, Rs 1,000 crore for Vijayawada-Gudur 3rd line project, Rs 358 crore for Kotipalli-Narsapur new line, Rs 592.5 crore for Kazipet-Vijayawada 3rd line, Rs 407.47 crore for construction of by-pass lines at Vijayawada (19.5 kms), Kazipet (10.65 kms), Renigunta (9.6 kms), Wadi (7.6 Kms) and Gooty (3.8 Kms) covering Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
