Doubling between Bhadrachalam Road and Dornakal

tender award

Information South Central Railway [SCR] - II has come up with Doubling between Bhadrachalam Road and Dornakal with a ticket size of 770.12 INR Crores. This project in Railway Track sub-sector involves The current status of the project is Tender Award and is being developed through the EPC route. Economic/Social Impact of the Project The proposed doubling between Dornakal and Bhadrachalam Road traverses through Khammam, Bhadradri Kothagudem and Mahaboobnagar districts of Telangana State and the entire section comes under Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway. The doubling is proposed to take off from Manuguru end of existing Dornakal Junction station and joins at Dornakal end of existing Bhadrachalam Road station. This project is identified in Mission - 3000 MT. The distance between Dornakal to Bhadrachalam Road is approx. 54.65 km. In this section, there are 8 crossing stations. They are Dornakal, Pocharam, Karepalli, Gandhipuram, ChimalPahad, Tadikalapudi, Bethampudi and Bhadrachalam Road stations comes under the jurisdiction of S.C. Railway. This line presently is being used predominantly for Passengers and Goods traffic i.e., Cement, Coal, Dolomite, Fertilisers etc. This section will benefit the Railways by enhancing capacity to haul more goods and passenger traffic and will also provide better operational flexibility.