Hyderabad: The
new railway zone (South Coastal Zone) is likely to be announced in the
upcoming Budget Session at the end of June. With most political parties
having promised the new railway zone, there is no going back on the
promise.
Both the ruling and Opposition parties showed their inclination to the new zone before the elections.
Insiders
indicate division process is underway and the new headquarters will be
setup in either in Vijayawada or Guntur, although the demand for
Vishakhapatnam has been long pending.
Interestingly,
there is likely to be only one new appointment for the new division,
that of the general manager for the new zone. The administrative staff
will be divided among the two zones, while field staff and district
level staff will continue as before.
The need for
a new zone is being felt even more strongly to provide a rail link
between the bifurcated states. Also, the fact that every zone is
informally identifiable with a state, the need of the new zone has been
heightened further. "With a public commitment having been made there is
no looking back".
"Although the Railway Board has
not been particularly in favour of a new zone, it is not the final
authority. It is most likely that the new zone will be directly
announced in the budget," said a senior official. The proposed railway
zone will be of 3,500 route kilometers with four divisions. The existing
South Central Railway is of 6,000 kilometers route length.
According
to the senior official, Vijayawada and Guntur are both major
junctions, well connected and having all supporting infrastructure, the
headquarters for the new zone is likely to be set up in either of
these. However, redefining boundaries of the South Central Zone as well
as that of the East Coast Zone is likely to bring Vishakhapatnam
division to the new zone.
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