New Delhi: New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Suresh prabhu introduced rail budget 2016 in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Railway Budget 2016 would disappoint the AP Public as there were no new trains introduced for the newly formed state.
Setting up of Visakhapatnam Railway zone, which is promised in the AP reorganisation Act, is also not mentioned in the Budget.
New Railway lines connecting the AP capital city Amaravathi also were not announced in the Rail Budget 2016.
Rs. 200 crore for Kotipalli- Narsapuram line and Rs. 50 crore for Pithapuram- Kakinada line were sanctioned to AP.
Railway Minister in his Budget speech stated that the Tirupathi Railway station will be developed.
Chandrababu Naidu had earlier met the Minister and requested him to take steps for the development of the Railway stations in the areas of the Spiritual centres. But nothing of the sort are mentioned in the Budget.
The request of the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to extend the Nadikude-Bibinagar Railway line also was not santioned in the Budget.
The people of Rayalaseema region has no Rail connectivity to reach Amaravathi. The proposal to santion a railway line from Rayalaseema to Amaravathi also was not considered by the centre.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in his Delhi visit, met Railway Minister Suresh prabhu recently. The Chief Minister put a lot of proposals in relation to the railways of the state. CM requested the Minister to take a quick decision over Visakhapatnam railway zone.
The following are some of the proposals put before the Minister* Handing over the Old Bridge in Rajamahendravaram to the state government.
*Railway line connecting Amravati-Vijayawada-Guntur.
* To take a decision on the construction of the third Railway line connecting Vizag-Chennai
* Construction of Railway lines connecting Kakinada-Pithapuram and nadikudi-Srikalahasti
* Railway line construction work must be done quickly
*Doubling works between Guntur-Guntakal.
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