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VP visits India’s longest electrified railway tunnel; Describes it as an Engineering Marvel

by Janam Web Desk
Sep 1, 2019, 09:09 am IST
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Hyderabad: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday visited India’s longest electrified tunnel between Cherlopalli and Rapuru railway stations in Andhra Pradesh.

Calling it a feather in the glory of Indian Railways, the Vice President said that the 6.7- km long tunnel provides viable rail connectivity between Krishnapatnam Port and its hinterland for goods train services and facilitates seamless freight transport.

Naidu described the structure as an engineering marvel and lauded Indian Railways for completing the longest electrified tunnel in record time. Built at an estimated cost Of Rs 437 Cr, the tunnel has 44 Trolley Refuges and 14 Cross Passages.

Naidu was overwhelmed with happiness after travelling in the newly commissioned Obulavaripalli-Krishnapatnam line and went emotional as he witnessed his long-cherished childhood dream come to fruition. “I am emotional because it passes through my native and ancestral villages where I had spent my childhood. At that time nobody had even imagined that a train would be passing through these hillocks one day. When I was minister this line was envisaged, planned, surveyed and sanctioned. It is finally completed when I am the vice president now,” he added.

The Vice President was accompanied by his spouse Usha Naidu.

This newly commissioned line of 112 km reduces the travel time to five hours as compared to the 10 hrs earlier for a goods train from Krishnapatnam Port to Obulavaripalli. It also reduces the distance by 72 km for the trains coming from Guntakal Division to Krishnapatnam and reduces traffic density in Obulavaripalle – Renigunta – Gudur section.

It will facilitate operating freight trains on Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam-Krishnapatnam Port while providing the shortest path between Chennai-Howrah and Chennai-Mumbai rail routes.

The new line will ease congestion of both passenger, and freight carrying trains in Vijayawada – Gudur – Renigunta – Guntakal sections. Significant growth in freight traffic is expected and it helps these hinterland areas in socio-economic growth.

The Vice President said that the launch of passenger services between Venkatachalam and Rapur would fulfill the long-cherished wish of the people.

Naidu complimented the Railway Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal and the Railway Board for accepting his suggestion to start the passenger services between Venkatachalam and Rapuru.

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