Kishan Reddy flags Jadcherla Station upgrade at 79% completion
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A ₹36.67 crore makeover of Jadcherla Railway Station in Telangana is racing past the three-quarter mark — and Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy wants voters and commuters to know it on Monday, 26 October 2026. The BJP's Telangana state president posted a detailed project update on X, flagging 79 per cent completion and a sweeping list of works already delivered or underway.
What ₹36.67 crore is building at Jadcherla
The redevelopment blueprint is ambitious for a station of this scale. Completed works already include platform improvements on Platforms 1, 2 and 3 — finished with granite and VDC surfacing — and three lifts connecting the existing Foot Over Bridges (FOBs), a meaningful accessibility win for elderly and differently-abled passengers.
The headline addition is a new 12-metre-wide Foot Over Bridge, whose gangway, lift, and escalator foundation works are currently in progress. An entirely new second entry — complete with a new building, circulating area, and approach roads — is also part of the scope, designed to ease the crowding that plagues single-entry stations during peak hours.
Works in progress: façade, toilets, drainage
Station aesthetics are getting equal attention. Cladding work on the station façade and entrance arch is under way, alongside an upgraded concourse area intended to give the station a modern civic identity. Pay and Use toilet block tiling, water supply, and drainage works are all in parallel progress — the unglamorous but essential infrastructure that determines day-to-day passenger dignity. An Additional Covered Over Platform (COP) is also being constructed, adding sheltered waiting space on the platforms.
Reddy's Telangana signalling beyond his portfolio
The post is notable for its political subtext. G. Kishan Reddy holds the Coal and Mines portfolio at the Centre — Railways is a separate ministry entirely. Yet as BJP's Telangana state president, amplifying every Central investment flowing into the state is core political messaging: a direct counter to the ruling Telangana government's narrative on development delivery.
Indian Railways has carried out similar station-level redevelopment works at hundreds of locations nationwide over the past decade, focusing on circulating areas, accessibility infrastructure, and passenger amenities. Jadcherla's upgrade fits squarely within that broader push. Once the remaining 21 per cent of work is wrapped — including the wide FOB and second entry — the station will offer a materially different experience for the Jadcherla commuters who pass through it every day.
The completion clock is now the story. Every slab of granite laid, every lift commissioned, brings the finishing line closer for a constituency watching.