Piyush Goyal lays stone for Cherlapally satellite terminal

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the much-awaited satellite terminal at Cherlapalli Railway Station.

The upcoming terminal will ease the load on the three existing terminals at Secunderabad, Kacheguda and Hyderabad, which were saturated due to massive traffic. To ease the congestion, Lingampally station on the west side of the city was developed recently as a terminal at Rs 30 crore.

To further strengthen the rail infrastructure in Hyderabad and Secunderabad and to decongest the existing terminals, the South Central Railway has planned to develop Cherlapalli station on the east side of the city as a satellite terminal.

Speaking after laying the foundation stone and dedicating a host of infrastructure and passenger facilities to the public, Goyal said the satellite terminal would help in ensuring hassle-free travel to people. He requested the State government to release its share of Rs 450 crore to complete phase-II of the



Multi-Modal Transit System (MMTS) works.

The Ministry had approved projects worth Rs 2,602 crore for 2020-21 for Telangana, he said. He added the Centre was working for the development of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

The Cherlapalli station is centrally located and is surrounded by residential colonies. It is directly connected with the Outer Ring Road and is more convenient for the mobility of both the public and private transport. Works are in progress to extend the suburban network beyond Cherlapalli station up to Ghatkesar as part of the MMTS phase-II duly connecting with Sanathnagar. In future, the same will be extended up to Yadadri.

In addition, there is a proposal on hand to operate private train services directly from this terminal. The Railway Board sanctioned the project in 2016-17 at an estimated cost of Rs 221 crore. Tenders have been finalised for an amount of Rs 117.25 crore and works will commence shortly.