Allocations for Railway Development in AP: ఏపీలో రైల్వే అభివృద్ధికి రూ.9,417 కోట్లు కేటాయించామని రైల్వే శాఖ మంత్రి అశ్విని వైష్ణవ్ తెలిపారు. యూపీఏ కంటే ఈ కేటాయింపులు 11 రెట్లు ఎక్కువ అని అన్నారు. ఏపీలోని 73 స్టేషన్ల రూపురేఖలను పూర్తిగా మారుస్తున్నామని వెల్లడించారు. దిల్లీలో మీడియాతో రైల్వే శాఖ మంత్రి అశ్విని వైష్ణవ్ మాట్లాడారు.
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00:00I thank Honourable Prime Minister and Honourable Finance Minister for giving a very good allocation,
00:07a record allocation for development of railway network in Andhra Pradesh. 9,417 crore rupees
00:159,417 crore rupees is the allocation for development of railways in Andhra Pradesh. This is very
00:26significant railway, significant allocation. If you compare it with the UPA period, it
00:34is 11 times the allocation that used to happen during UPA period. In Andhra Pradesh, railways
00:43is investing 84,559 crore rupees. So the projects which are sanctioned, ongoing projects which
00:54are sanctioned, the amount for that, the investment amount for that is 84,559 crore.
01:0373 stations are being redeveloped fully, completely redeveloped. 100% electrification is completed
01:14and in last 10 years, 1560 kilometre new railway tracks have been constructed, 1560 kilometre
01:24of new railway tracks which is more than the network of entire Sri Lanka country. Sri Lanka's
01:33network, it is more than that has been added in AP, has been added new in just 10 years.
01:43That is the pace of work which is happening. If you look at some of the data, the average
01:50pace of electrification during the UPA period was 37 kilometre per year. Now it is 177,
01:58five times. This pace is huge and I would like to thank Honourable Chief Minister Garu
02:07for his very good cooperation in all the projects. There is very good coordination between centre
02:13and state. Projects are moving very fast. Eight Vande Bharat trains covering 15 districts
02:19are right now passing through or starting from Andhra Pradesh, connecting Odisha, connecting
02:26Telangana, connecting Tamil Nadu. So this is very good coverage and many more will come
02:33in the future. From July, before the budget, July to budget, close to 40,000 crore rupees
02:42worth new projects have been sanctioned in which there is a project for the new capital
02:47of Andhra also. I am sure you are aware. So that is the process now. We don't announce
02:56new projects in budget.