Shan-e-Bhopal - तेरी खूबसूरती से नजर नही हटती, नजारे हम क्या देखें - ललितपुरी रेलफैन

Telangana government has sought extension of Phase II of the Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) up to Raigir, the nearest railhead point to Yadagirigutta. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao made this request in a letter to Union minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu seeking the inclusion of this proposal in the next railway budget. If the Telangana government's proposal is accepted by the railway ministry , then the MMTS line will be extended from Secunderabad to Raigir instead of MMTS services terminating at Ghatkesar. The Telangana government, the chief minister said, will bear twothirds of the extension project cost and sought the balance one-third to be borne by Indian Railways. In his letter, Chandrasekhar Rao explained to Prabhu that the state government is in the process of developing Yadadri (Yadagirigutta), the hill shrine which lies about 60 km from Hyderabad, on the lines of Tirumala as a mega pilgrimage and spiritual hub....
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Explaining that MMTS services have become popular in and around the city , he said that Raigir falls on the busy Secunderabad-Kazipet section of South Central Railway . He said that as per an estimate, it would cost Rs 330 crore for extending the MMTS services for about 32 km from Ghatkesar to Raigir. As per the already agreed cost sharing pattern of MMTS, the state government will bear two-thirds of the project cost at this stage of MMTS services. The extension will also benefit Indian Railways since laying of an additional rail line will substantially augment the line capacity and help the railways run more passenger and goods trains on the Secunderabad-Kazipet section.
The government also has plans to rename Raigir station as Yadadri station. The chief minister added that in the years to come, pilgrim traffic to the temple town is expected to cross one lakh a day and as such, increased rail connectivity would ease the traffic burden on the highway from Hyderabad to Yadadri.
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