Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Centre Approves 110-Km Ghatkesar-Kazipet Railway Multitracking Project
The government approved a plan to add more railway tracks between Ghatkesar and Kazipet.
The route is 110 kilometres long and the work is expected to cost about Rs 2,419 crore.
More tracks will allow more passenger and goods trains to use the route.
This could reduce train crowding and improve punctuality.
The railway line carries goods such as coal, cement, food grains and iron ore.
Officials also expect transport costs to fall and freight trains to move faster.
The project is one of five railway projects covering about 540 kilometres in four states.
The work is planned to be completed by 2029-30, with tenders to be invited next.
The Centre approved a 110-km multitracking project between Secunderabad’s Ghatkesar and Kazipet at an estimated cost of Rs 2,419 crore.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the project on Wednesday.
The additional tracks are intended to ease congestion and expand capacity for passenger and freight trains.
The project is expected to improve punctuality, operational efficiency, connectivity and logistics on the corridor.
It is part of five projects adding about 540 km across 17 districts in four states at a combined estimated cost of Rs 10,021 crore.
- Who
- The Union government, through the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the project.
- What
- A 110-km multitracking railway project costing an estimated Rs 2,419 crore was approved.
- When
- The approval was announced on Wednesday, with completion targeted for 2029-30.
- Where
- The project covers the Secunderabad (Ghatkesar)-Kazipet section in Telangana.
- Why
- It is intended to ease congestion, increase passenger and freight capacity, improve train operations and strengthen logistics and connectivity.
- Project length
- 110 km
- Project cost
- Estimated Rs 2,419 crore
- Railway section
- Secunderabad (Ghatkesar)-Kazipet
- Completion target
- 2029-30
- Wider package
- Five projects covering about 540 km across 17 districts in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
- Combined package cost
- Estimated Rs 10,021 crore
- Expected freight capacity
- Additional transport capacity of 9.83 million tonnes per year, according to Union Minister G Kishan Reddy
- Next step
- Railway authorities are expected to invite tenders
