Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Wednesday once again clarified that the creation of the South Coast Railway would not result in any loss to Odisha, terming reports suggesting otherwise as misleading and motivated.In an official statement, authorities said the clarification was issued in response to widely circulated reports claiming that Odisha stood to lose significantly because of the formation of the new South Coast Railway zone.The Railways dismissed such claims as factually…
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Amaravati, May 5 (IANS) The Centre has issued a gazette notification establishing the South Coast Railway Zone, with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters. The new railway zone, which will come into effect from June 1, 2026, comprises Guntakal, Guntur, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam divisions.The Ministry of Railways included some of the existing area under South Central Railway and East Coast Railway into the new zone.Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada are existing divisions of South Central Railway and…
Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao has written a letter to Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging the immediate formation of a new Railway Division with headquarters at Kazipet in Telangana. Rama Rao highlighted that the ongoing restructuring within the South Central Railway and operationalisation of the South Coast Railway have placed an excessive operational burden on the Secunderabad Division. As per the latest restructuring data,…
Amaravati, Feb 13 (IANS) Two days before the announcement of $29 million (around Rs 262 crore) compensation deal was announced by the city of Seattle for the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, who died after being hit by a speeding police vehicle, the family suffered another tragedy.Jaahnavi’s father, Kandula Srikanth, a police head constable in Andhra Pradesh, died of cardiac arrest on February 10.Srikanth died in Guntakal in Anantapur district, where he was posted. His last rites were performed in …