VIZAG-HYDERABAD bullet train

Human · Telugu Teja Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 364

2lakh VIZAG - HYDERABAD bullet train project...

Bullet trains are being planned in Andhra Pradesh. If everything goes well with an ambitious project on the cards of the State Government, the work for introducing India’s first bullet train between Hyderabad and Vizag via Vijayawada, will be grounded next year.

Travelling at a speed of 200 kmph, the hi-tech train will take just two hours to cover the 275-km distance between Hyderabad -Vijayawada and another 2.5 hours from Vijayawada-Vizag which at present takes 12 hours. The service is proposed to be extended up to Chennai at a later stage.

Two other routes have been selected for the project to connect Hyderabad with Mumbai and Bangalore. An elevated track for a length of 3,000 km will be built for the three “high speed corridors” for the bullet trains. A massive sum of Rs. 2 lakh crore will be spent on the project. “Nothing is impossible these days when private-public partnership is available,” Transport Minister K. Lakshminarayana said here on Thursday after Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy held detailed discussions with officials on the project.

The Minister told reporters that Dr. Reddy was so keen to ground the project next year that he had sought detailed project report within 10 days. He had already spoken to the top brass of the Railway Board three times on the proposal and taken the line that “either you build it or we will do it on our own.” The Chief Minister planned to make a presentation on the high-speed train to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the State on July 31.

whatever123 · Telugu Puli Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 669

two lakh crores ? and how much of it is tax payers money? Is the money well spent ? what are the oppurtunity cots of that money ?

Telugugeek · Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 58 Location: Hyderabad

ved · Telugu Veera Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 2046

I definitely see huge benefit but the cost of the project is mindboggling. I don't know how Rs 200,000 crores will be financed. Instead beef up the road capacity between both cities with an international grade 6 lane high way. It can be done with Rs 10000 crores and with a speed limit of 100 KMH, the commuting time between both cities can be shortened to 7 hours.