Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- Telangana has been allocated Rs 4,418 crore, by the Centre for various railway projects for the fiscal year 2023-24 as against Rs 3,048 crore allocated in 2022-23 which is 45 percent more than last year.

South Central Railway (SCR), on the other hand, has been sanctioned a gross amount of Rs. 13,786.19 crores for the year 2023-24 compared to Rs 8,349.75 crores for the year 2022-23, which accounts for a nearly 65 percent increase over last year.

SCR general manager Arun Kumar Jain while addressing a press conference on Friday, stated "there has been a consistent increase in the funds' allocation to Telangana in successive budgets in recent times."

Giving details of the budgetary allocations of the ongoing New Line P...