Government approves creation of new South Coast Railway zone under Railways
The new railway zone has been created under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and is expected to improve efficiency in railway operations, according to the Union Cabinet.
Government approves creation of new South Coast Railway zone under Railways
The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of a new railway zone under Indian Railways, South Coast Railway, which will consist of a part of the Waltair division, to be renamed as the Visakhapatnam division.
The new railway zone has been created under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and is expected to improve efficiency in railway operations, according to the Union Cabinet.
The decision is a partial modification of the earlier Cabinet decision in February 2019 to retain the Waltair division in a truncated form and rename it as the Visakhapatnam division. The Cabinet said that 'Waltair' is a colonial legacy that needed to be changed, explaining the name change.
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“One part of the Waltair division, comprising approximately the sections between Palasa-Visakhapatnam-Duvvada, Kuneru-Vizianagaram, Naupada Junction-Paralakhemundi, Bobbili Junction-Salur, Simhachalam North-Duvvada bypass, Vadalapudi-Duvvada, and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant-Jaggayapalem (around 410 kilometers), will be retained as the Waltair division under the new South Coast Railway,” the Cabinet said.
The remaining part of the Waltair division, comprising approximately the sections between Kottavalasa-Bacheli, Kuneru-Theruvali Junction, Singapur Road-Koraput Junction, and Paralakhemundi-Gunpur (around 680 kilometers), will be converted into a new division headquartered at Rayagada under East Coast Railway.
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