Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was speaking during the winter session of Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: (Sansad TV via PTI Photo) Sansad TV
The completion of four major railway projects in Telangana has been delayed due to land acquisition issues covering about 214 hectares. These projects include Guntur–Bibinagar doubling, Mudkhed–Medchal doubling (31 hectares), Mahbubnagar–Dhone doubling (70 hectares), Kazipet–Vijayawada third line (17 hectares) and Manoharabad–Kothapalli new line (96 hectares).
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday informed Parliament that implementation of key infrastructure projects in Telangana is delayed due to delays in acquisition of around 764 hectares of land in total, of which 1,580 hectares have been acquired so far.
In a written reply to questions by Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri, the minister said that the Siddipet–Siricilla (31 km) section of the new Manoharabad–Kothapalli line is cut off as ₹10.10 crore for diversion of forest land is yet to be deposited by the state government.
For four other projects sanctioned under cost sharing of ₹ 4,704 crore, the government has not deposited ₹ 814 crore, which is “adversely affecting the progress of work”, the minister said. Over the past decade, about 774 km of new track has been commissioned in Telangana, with expenditure on infrastructure projects increasing gradually from ₹4,418 crore (2023–24) to ₹5,336 crore (2024–25) and ₹5,337 crore (2025–26).
As on 1 April 2025, 20 projects have been approved – including six new lines and 14 doubling works with a total length of 2,165 km and a cost of ₹35,045 crore. Of this, 547 km have been commissioned with an expenditure of ₹11,549 crore till March 2025.
Recently completed works were: Peddapalli-Nizamabad new line (178 km), Jaggayyapeta-Janpahad new line (48 km), Akkanapet – Medak new line (17 km), Bhadrachalam Road-Sattupalli new line (56 km), Raghavapuram-Mandamari doubling (24 km), Suntakal-1 to Raichur Mahbubnagar doubling (85 km) and MMTS Phase-II (103 km).
Mr. Vaishnaw also said that 57 surveys (18 new lines and 39 doublings) covering 5,672 km which fall wholly/partially in Telangana have been sanctioned in the last few years.
Published – 03 Dec 2025 20:38 IST
