Overview
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy asked Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to initiate land acquisition for high-speed corridors linking Hyderabad with Chennai (778 km), Bengaluru (586 km) and Pune (556 km).
- He proposed starting the lines at Shamshabad near the international airport to create a tri‑junction hub for the corridors.
- He offered 500 acres near Shamshabad for the project, and the railway minister signaled support and said steps would begin.
- Reddy sought full central funding for the Krishna–Vikarabad line while the state covers land acquisition, tying the route to planned industrial zones in the region.
- He requested an Amaravati–Machilipatnam rail link to speed cargo from a proposed Telangana dry port to the seaport.