SCR aims to enhance connectivity and ease congestion with major railway projects worth ₹50,000 crore in Telangana and beyond

Railway infrastructure projects worth about ₹50,000 crore across Telangana and parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra are at various stages of appraisal, approval and sanction by the Railway Board, according to the latest status of South Central Railway’s Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and Final Location Surveys (FLS).

Among the most significant proposals is the 781.6-km Balharshah-Kazipet-Vijayawada-Gudur quadrupling corridor, including a bypass line between Indupalli and Duggirala. Estimated to cost over ₹16,800 crore, the project has cleared key stages within the Railway Board and is under active consideration.

The Balharshah-Kazipet and Kazipet-Vijayawada quadrupling works form part of a broader capacity enhancement plan along one of India’s busiest freight and passenger corridors, railway officials said.

The 173-km Secunderabad-Wadi third and fourth line costing ₹5,102 crore has been sanctioned and it involves constructing third line between Sanatnagar-Haifizpet and third/fourth line between Hafizpet-Wadi to ease the existing congestion in the network.