Need more trains and new lines in AP : YSR

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:56 [IST]

Hyderabad, Feb 26 (UNI) Terming the railway budget for 2007-08 presented by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav as 'pro-poor', Andhra Pradesh Chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy today said more trains and new lines were needed particularly in Visakhapatnam zone as many more SEZs were coming up in the state.

According to an official release here, Dr Reddy said the state deserved more from the budget as some of the demands made by the State Government were still to be considered.

Expressing satisfaction over the introduction of a Garib rath between Secunderabad and Yeshwantpur and for agreeing to take up the new Cuddapah--Bangalore line, he urged the Railway Minister to have re-look into the proposals he had already made in his recent letter and sanction the second phase of MMTS.

UNI

Topics: RAIL BUDGET-AP-CM

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