The long-awaited Visakhapatnam Railway Zone is finally set to become a reality. The project, approved by the Central government previously, faced delays due to land allocation issues. Recently, the land was allocated, and the project is ready to begin. The new zone will include the existing Guntur and Vijayawada divisions, and...
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the Waltair division will be split, with one part becoming part of the new zone and the other becoming a new division. This development comes after the NDA government returned to power in Andhra Pradesh and Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu negotiated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the state's development, including this railway zone project. The project was originally announced in 2019 by the previous Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, and it will cover parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.