221 km-long railway line commissioned by South Central RailwayHyderabad soon

VIJAYAWADA: The South Central Railway (SCR) has commissioned a major 221 km-long rail line doubling and electrification project to give a boost to agriculture and aquaculture in the coastal region of the State. According to the SCR officials, electrification of the final 32.8-km stretch of rail line between Aravalli and Nidadavolu was commissioned, marking the completion of the decade-old project. The vital Vijayawada-Gudivada-Bhimavaram-Narasapuram electrification, Gudivada-Machilipatnam and Narsapur-Nidadavolu doubling and electrification project was sanctioned in 2011-12 at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore.