Guntur Misses Metro Rail
Guntur: The people of Guntur city are disappointed over the exclusion of their city from the metro rail project. Metro principal adviser E. Sridharan, after conducting a survey with his team, has said that first and second phase metro rail project would be constructed in Vijayawada and there is no need for metro rail in Guntur city. Nearly one lakh people per day travel to Vijayawada from Guntur and adjacent areas and people hoped for better and swift transportation facility with metro rail but their hopes are shattered with the new decision. A total of 33 trains pass through the Guntur railway station per day in which seven are Memu and local trains. Guntur has two railway stations namely Guntur and New Guntur in the city and Nallapadu and Perecharla on the outskirts. The railway distance is only 35 km between Guntur and Vijayawada having broad-gauge track connecting Krishna Canal, Mangalagiri, Namburu and Pedakakani railway stations. Students of Acharya Naga...