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         Safety and security of the  rail travel is to be taken care of with the use  of modern technologies. Making use of IT technologies, passenger amenities are to be enhanced. Our visionary leader, Amma has referred to certain aspects of this year's budget like the need to go in for special Purpose  Vehicle.

          The blueprint for development of railways spelt out by our hon'ble railway minister must take shape to fulfill the  hopes of the  people. I hope the Railway Minister would include all the ten  projects like doubling of line between Chennai and Kanyakumari  and high speed passenger train links  between  Chennai  and Kanyakumari, Madurai and Coimbatore,  Coimbatore and Chennai. This was  taken up by our  Government of Tamil Nadu led by our hon'ble  Puratchi Thalaivi Amma.

          The specific  areas identified  for augmentation  of network capacity include:

 
i.        700 km of doubling,  tripling, or quadrupling  projects leading to communizing of  1,200 additional  kilometers  worth Rs.8,686 Crore.
ii.        800 km of gauge conversion and additional 77 sanctioned  projects covering 9,700 km of line capacity works along with electrification  at a cost  of Rs.96,182 crore.
iii.       Traffic facility works including construction of long block sections  and augmenting  terminals and so on, costing Rs.2,374 crore.
          For the electrification of the Kazipet-Vijayawada railway line, a sum of Rs.100 crore has been allotted, and I would like to thank the Railway Minister for this.  This railway line connects two Telugu States and it will help to improve the traffic further.
          The new tripling project – Kazipet-Balharshah railway line – needs a budget of Rs.2,020 crore.  Only a sum of Rs.50 crore has been allotted.  I would request the hon. Railway Minister to increase the allotment. 
          For the other new project – doubling of the railway line, Secunderabad-Mahbubnagar, only a sum of Rs.25 crore out of the total budget cost of Rs.1,200 crore has been allotted and it will not at all be sufficient.  I would request the hon. Railway Minister to give more allotment to this project.