Demand for renaming Secunderabad Railway Station as “P.V.Narasimha Rao Terminus” Picks Up

Demand for renaming Secunderabad Railway Station as “P.V.Narasimha Rao Terminus” Picks Up

Telangana-Marathwada Nagarik Vichar Samithi, headquartered in Hyderabad with branches in Aurangabad and Nanded in Maharashtra demanded for renaming of Secunderabad Railway Station as “P.V.Narasimha Rao Terminus” and sanction for Light Metro Rail systems at Warangal-Hanamkonda-Kazipet tricity and Aurangabad in Marathwada region

Secunderabad: Commemorating the 94th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Late (Shri.) P.V.Narasimha Rao, Telangana-Marathwada Nagarik Vichar Samithi – a think tank of senior citizens mostly comprising of retired Lawyers, Doctors, Engineers and the Students from the Telangana and Marathwada regions demanded renaming of Secunderabad Railway station as  P.V.Narasimha Rao Terminus to commemorate the 94th Birth Anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Late (Shri.) P.V.Narasimha Rao.

The Samithi President Sunil Salgaonkar (71) said that “the Telangana-Marathwada regions got extremely benefited and properly connected today due to Project Uni-Gauge announced and implemented by the former Primer Minister Late Shri P.V.Narasimha Rao.  Because of his planning and timely approvals these important railway sections of the region viz. Manmad-Aurangabad-Parbhani-Jalna-Nanded-Mudkhed-Nizamabad-Kamareddy-Secunderabad route, the Purna-Akola-Khandwa rail route and the Mudkhed-Adilabad-Pimpalkutti rail routes got converted into Broad Gauge within a short span of 10 years”.  Apart from this, the Railway line between Secunderabad-Nadikudi-Guntur was also completed in time during the same period due to his vision for the region and the might.  His support for various infrastructure projects in the region has actually started yielding towards greater economic development of the Telangana and Marathwada regions in particular, amongst other” he added.

Advocate Gopikishan Athwale (68), Secretary of the Telangana-Marathwada Nagarik Vichar Samithi said that the Samithi is about to install Bronze Statues of Late Shri P.V.Narasimha Rao at 100 important cities and towns in Telangana, Marathwada, Vidharba and few locations in Rayalaseema and Andhra region as well, towards a true tribute to the greatest Leader of India Late (Shri.) P.V.Narasimha Rao whose contributions not only have a highest impact on the Indian society to a great extent, but also globally. India’s growth economy and the the very potential in the region has wider impact across various global level that include EU region, USA, Mexico & Latin American regions, China and the Asia-Pacific. Narasimha Rao was one of the most silent reformist because of whom today we have large scale IT Jobs in India, said Gopikishan further adding that if his contributions towards opening up of the Indian economy had not taken place, there would have been large scale unemployment in India and the youth would have remained highly poverty-stricken, and importantly India would have been rated amongst the Third World countries even today with large scale unemployment, poverty, poor economy and other factors as a whole,” he said. Mr.Gopikishan further added “we have been demanding for renaming of Secunderabad Railway Station as P.V.Narasimha Rao Terminus due to the fact that he tried to take India towards 21st century in a true spirit of meeting the global challenges.  He is true global leader of the time, and due to his vision and determination, the very roots of Telecom, IT, Software, Banking, Manufacturing and other core Industry sectors got a revolutionary support in India with proper policy based institutional framework from the Government from time to time. Poverty has drastically reduced due to his policies in the country. Renaming of Secunderabad Railway Station as P.V.Narasimha Rao Terminus would be a right tribute to him and should be approved by the Governments both at Centre and State in remembrance of this great personality of India,” he added.

The members of the Samithi led by the president Sunil Salgaonkar and General Secretary Ratan Joshi, Secretary Subhash Chander Reddy and others submitted a Memorandum regarding the renaming of the station to Railway authorities in this regard.

The Samithi President also demanded Light Metro Rail for Warangal-Hanamkonda-Kazipet  in Telangana and Aurangabad in Marathwada as its population has grown exponentially in the recent past. Both the cities have got more than 18,00,000 population thus forming important urban conglomerates of the region. Warangal Tri-city comprising of Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet is popular for education with institutions of repute, growing engineering and medical colleges, Kakatiya University and famous NIT/Warangal, apart from heavy footfall of rural folk to the city for various needs related to agricultural products and other factors, apart from various Railway related activities from Kazipet, making the region one of the fast emerging traffic corridors in the Telangana region.  Likewise, the Samithi also demanded for Light Metro Rail systems for Aurangabad in Maharashtra as the city population has grown exponentially in the recent past, with major Industries, Universities, Pharmaceuticals Companies, Production and Automotive component manufacturing Plants have concentrated there.

They said that the Samiti will shortly meet both the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Maharashtra states to submit their memorandum in this regard, and paralelly the Union Home Minister.