Thanks Sir.I was hoping to see some developments taking place at Bitragunta especially since a large tract of land is lying vacant it can be used
to construct a new Electric Loco Shed or a Diesel Loco Shed.Land procurement is the biggest issue in India apart from Financing a project and since
a huge amount of land is available,a project can be allocated pretty easily if Mr.Venkaiah Naidu takes interest.I don't think Railways has any such land
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Nellore district apart from Bitragunta so if they can allocate a project it would be welcome.
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According to some reports that i was told about,When Mrs.Panabaka Lakshmi was a minister at the centre she asked the Railways to prepare a project
report about establishing some Railway Unit in Bitragunta but the study team deliberately gave a negative report to the Railway Ministry because no one
was interested working in a small place like Bitragunta due to which whatever project was said to be given was cancelled which is unfortunate.I hope this time
Mr.Venkaiah Naidu can pursuade Mr.Prabhu to award a project to Bitragunta.Mr.Narayana who is also the Urban Dev. Minister at the state is said to be busy
with the development of Amravati and CRDA so is not taking that much of interest so if Nellore has to get projects it's all upto Mr.Venkaiah Naidu now.
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The last i heard about upcoming projects in Nellore in relation to Railways was that of IFFCO Kisan S.E.Z entering into an agreement with Central Warehousing
Corporation & Ministry of Railways to develop Railside Warehousing Terminals and Complex at IFFCO's Kisan S.E.Z which is towards the North of Nellore close to
Dagadarthi where the new airport is coming up.You can find the article by doing a quick search on the Google.I think Mr.Venkaiah Naidu must deserve some credit
for getting it through because CRWC is a government owned organization.The land has been lying vacant close to two decades now and the land bank is about
2500 acres or something.Gamesa the wind turbine manufacturing company is also setting up a unit in the S.E.Z.Coca-Cola is also said to be setting up a unit in
the S.E.Z in an area of around 600 acres,don't know if the project is still going on or not.
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There is a lot of scope to develop Nellore and it's surrounding areas.I was actually tracking the Obulavaripalli-Krishnapatnam rail line and i think the project has
got a funding close to 120 crores in this year's Rail Budget and i think they have laid the line till Rapur,one can find the Railway line on Google Maps somewhere
close to Rapur.I'm hopeful it'll be completed in the next two-three years if all goes well.It got a few tunnels as well so should be a scenic route. :)