Hyderabad: Alleging that the BRS government was not cooperating with the Centre on expansion of the railway network in Telangana, BJP Telangana chief and Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday stated that the Union government cleared new railway lines to connect all 33 districts of Telangana and augment the existing network at an estimated cost of 83,543 crore for 5,239 km.
Addressing the media at a booth-strengthening programme in the city, he said “Telangana rail network is poor, only better than the northeastern states, but the BRS government is not concerned about it. Due to the negligence of the state, work on 700 km of railway lines got stalled last year alone, but the Centre decided to complete the projects, bearing all costs to benefit Telangana. The government is not even cooperating on Yadadri MMTS.”
