State accords administrative sanction for ₹100 crore for Kotipalli-Narsapuram railway line

A farmer relaxes under the canopy of coconut trees near Maagam, one of the stops proposed under the Kotipalli-Narsapur railway line, in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district. | Photo Credit: T. APPALA NAIDU

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday issued administrative sanction for ₹100 crore for the long-pending 57-km Kotipalli-Narsapur railway line project. This was in line with its commitment to share 25% of the total project cost.

The project, initially estimated to cost ₹2,120 crore, had been sanctioned in 2001 on a cost-sharing basis, with the Government of Andhra Pradesh requiring to foot 25% of it. Stone for the project was laid in Amalapuram by then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Over the past 24 years, the State government had deposited ₹52.69 crore. The Ministry of Railways had spent ₹1,181.19 crore as of March 2024.

Konaseema Sadhana Samithi members displaying a photocopy of the article published in The Hindu on the Konaseema railway project during a round-table conference in Amalapuram on September 29. | Photo Credit: T. APPALA NAIDU