Hyderabad, July 15 -- A new railway station coming up near the Komuravelli Mallanna Swamy Temple in Telangana is likely to be inaugurated soon, Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday, July 15, describing it as a step towards better connectivity for devotees visiting the shrine.

In a post on X, Reddy said the Komuravelli Punyakshetram Railway Station, built at a cost of Rs 5.63 crore, is 99.5 per cent complete. The station is designed to give pilgrims direct rail access to the temple, one of the popular pilgrimage sites in the state, and to improve regional connectivity across Telangana, he said.

Key features

According to the minister, the station will have a building with an entrance portico, a 450-metre-lon...