Vijayawada, February 27: Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa today clarified that priority was given to Andhra Pradesh, after West Bengal, in announcing projects in the Railway budget.
Addressing a press conference here, he said the budgetary allocation for Andhra Pradesh for ongoing new lines, gauge conversion, doubling and electrification had also shown a significant increase of almost 27 per cent, compared to previous year.
”Seven new rail line projects were sanctioned to a length of 1,164.83 KM at a total cost of Rs 4,386 crore for Andhra Pradesh.
He said for the first time in the country, the annual plan of railways had been fixed at Rs 57,630 crore. This was Rs 16,204 crore more in absolute terms and 25 per cent higher than that of last year’s budget.
-Agencies