One of the focus areas of the South Central Railway (SCR) is to currently collaborate actively with the Telangana State Government and start work on creating a Greenfield terminal at Nagulapalli to the west of Greater Hyderabad at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,000 crore.
The Nagulapalli terminal is being contemplated beyond Lingampalli as an originating station with about 10 platforms and a multi-purpose centre with shopping malls, restaurants and all other modern facilities seen in big complexes today.
To the east, the second but partially Greenfield terminal, proposals for which are being firmed up, is to come up at Cherlapally, in which several structures with a new complex and new platforms are included.
“My objective is to make the State Government agree to the Nagulapalli terminal and allot the 300 acres that I need. The Railway Board has approved both the projects as coaching terminals. This is of significance keeping in mind the growing needs of rail users of Hyderabad and the new terminals, once completed, will form a vital part of the overall plan to enhance Greater Hyderabad’s civic infrastructure,” said SCR General Manager Ravindra Gupta.
'Need to start work on PPP mode'
“We need to start work on the public-private partnership mode with active cooperation of the State and the sooner the better because the three existing terminals of Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Kacheguda are taking a heavy load of passenger traffic,” he said, during an interaction with select media here on Wednesday.
Mr. Gupta said SCR was in talks with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governments for special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and facilitating new projects and expand existing ones.
