Date:06/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/06/stories/2007110661981000.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Plan for railway line to Tirumala hills

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Yet another mass transport system has been proposed to ferry pilgrims to Tirumala, abode of Lord Venkateswara, this time a train service from Renigunta.

The proposal to lay a railway line to the top of the Seven Hills was discussed at the recent meeting of the Tirumala-Tirupathi Devasthanams Board to meet the ever increasing influx of pilgrims to the famous shrine.

The TTD has already addressed a letter to the RITES, a Central undertaking, to conduct a feasibility study to lay the line from Renigunta to Tirumala via Tirupati — a distance of over 35 km.

This was disclosed by Endowments Minister J. Ratnakar Rao in the Assembly on Monday in a written reply to D. Rajasekhar (Congress).