Hanumakonda, July 19 -- Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday inspected the Railway Manufacturing Unit at Kazipet, Telangana, along with Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy, and said that the manufacturing process at the facility will start by 2026.

"We will start the manufacturing process here in 2026. This factory has big potential; coaches, along with engines, can be manufactured here. Metro can also be manufactured here," Vaishnaw told the media after the meeting.

"It was a big dream of Telangana to have a coach manufacturing unit in Kazipet. PM Modi has made efforts for many years to fulfil this dream. This is a mega factory for manufacturing railway coaches...It is a modern factory. We are using modern tech...