Hyderabad, Feb. 3 -- Telangana has been allocated a record Rs. 5,337 crores for railway development under the 2025-26 Union Budget, as announced by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, during a virtual press conference held at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad on Monday.
Vaishnaw highlighted that this allocation is part of a total investment of Rs. 41,677 crores for various railway projects in Telangana. He also noted that the state's average annual allocation during 2009-14 was only Rs. 886 crores, marking a six-fold increase in the current budget.
The Minister further shared that Telangana's railway network is now 100 percent electrified. He also mentioned the successful commissioning of 1,465 km of Kavach (train protection system) a...