New Delhi, October 10 (Daily Kiran) : The Indian government has issued a clarification regarding the proposed high-speed rail corridor linked to Hyderabad. Officials confirmed that no request for land acquisition has been sent to state authorities, as studies are still underway.
After a meeting in the national capital with Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy emphasized that the railway minister made it clear that no land acquisition requests have been forwarded to the relevant state governments. He stated on social media platform X, “The railway minister has clarified that there is no request for land acquisition, and any acquisition in the name of high-speed rail at this stage is illegal.”
Reddy noted that alignment studies for the three corridors—Hyderabad-Chennai, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, and Hyderabad-Pune—are ongoing. Once the alignment is finalized, information will be shared with the respective state governments and farmers.
This clarification comes at a time when the Telangana government is attempting to acquire land for the rail corridor and other projects, facing opposition from farmers in the outskirts of Hyderabad.
Additionally, South Central Railway had previously shared a video on social media detailing discussions between Vaishnaw and Reddy about the proposed high-speed rail connectivity routes linking Hyderabad to Chennai, Bengaluru, and Pune.
Earlier in August, it was reported that Indian Railways had spent over ₹1.14 lakh crore on capital expenditures by July, which constitutes about 39 percent of the budget allocated for 2026-27. In a written response in the Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw mentioned that the central government had utilized ₹1,14,973 crore of the ₹2,93,030 crore budget for the current fiscal year. He also highlighted that spending on safety-related projects has consistently increased, rising from ₹39,200 crore in 2013-14 to ₹1,20,389 crore by 2026-27.
The minister also provided updates on the indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, known as ‘Kavach,’ stating that as of July 31, it has been implemented over 2,633 route kilometers, covering critical sections of high-traffic corridors like Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Hawrah.
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