Modi may visit TS to lay stone for Kazipet wagon unit next month.

It is quite possible that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be making another ‘official’ foray into Telangana and this time, it could be to lay the foundation stone next month for the ₹521-crore wagon manufacturing factory at Kazipet being set up by the Indian Railways .

The plan is also lay foundation stone for the proposed textile park there, but the project now appears to have run into rough weather, so Mr. Modi could be completing his visit by holding a public meeting at the place. But nothing is confirmed yet as the PMO will take the final call, according to official sources.

The wagon factory is a significant project because the BRS has made it a big issue when the railways announced it would be only a repair workshop as it had sufficient coach manufacturing facilities. When Latur in MaharasHtra was chosen for a coach manufacturing unit, it made the BRS go apoplectic.

It was only recently that Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced the funds allocation increase from ₹269 crore to ₹521 crore for the proposed wagon repair unit to become a wagon manufacturing factory. “We have enough coach units but there is a high demand for wagons,” he said.

THE HINDU