Hyderabad, Oct. 29 -- Ministry of Railways has sanctioned the proposal for upgradation of the electric traction system between Guntur - Pagidipalli and Motumari - Vishnupuram sections over the next three years at an estimated cost of around Rs 188.31 Crore.
This was stated by South Central Railway (SCR) Chief Public Relations Officer A.Sridhar in a release here today.
The release has quoted Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Electronics & Information Technology as observing that this section Pagidipalli-Guntur and Vishnupuram - Motumari works as an alternate route between Secunderabad and Vijaywada. To run more number of trains on this route, railway has decided to upgrade the electric traction system to 2x25 KV traction system on th...