Archive · 12 Oct 2026
BJP MLA Seeks Regular Bathukamma Festival Train Service
A special train is running between Secunderabad and Kagaznagar for the Bathukamma festival.
It is scheduled to run from October 9 to October 25.
BJP MLA Palvai Harish Babu wants the train to keep running regularly.
He also wants it to be called the Bathukamma Express.
He asked Union minister G. Kishan Reddy to help make this happen.
Harish Babu said many people want to use the train, and its seats were already booked through October 25.
Sirpur (T) BJP MLA Palvai Harish Babu asked Union minister G. Kishan Reddy to make the festival train a regular service.
He proposed naming Train No. 07711/07712 the Bathukamma Express.
The special train runs between Secunderabad and Kagaznagar.
South Central Railway scheduled the service from October 9 through October 25 to ease festival-season crowds.
Harish Babu said demand was heavy, with all seats booked through October 25.
- Who
- Palvai Harish Babu, BJP MLA for Sirpur (T), made the request to Union minister G. Kishan Reddy.
- What
- He asked that the festival special train be continued as a regular service and named Bathukamma Express.
- When
- The request was made on Sunday; the special train was scheduled to operate from October 9 to October 25.
- Where
- The train runs from Secunderabad to Kagaznagar.
- Why
- Harish Babu cited heavy demand and the sentiment of Telangana people for the Bathukamma festival.
- Train numbers
- 07711/07712
- Route
- Secunderabad to Kagaznagar
- Scheduled operating period
- October 9–25
- Proposed name
- Bathukamma Express
- Requesting MLA
- Palvai Harish Babu, BJP MLA for Sirpur (T)
- Railway operator
- South Central Railway
- Demand cited
- All seats were booked through October 25