A small-town railway station in Telangana is getting a full transformation — and it is nearly done. Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy announced on Wednesday, 30 September 2026 that the redevelopment of Shadnagar Railway Station is 87% complete, with a project cost of ₹32.99 crore, promising a substantially upgraded travel experience for commuters in the region.

What ₹32.99 crore is building at Shadnagar

The project is not a cosmetic facelift. A new station building anchors the redevelopment, accompanied by a redesigned circulating area, upgraded parking facilities, and a compound wall — basics that have long been overdue at smaller stations. The station façade is being overhauled alongside the concourse area, and platform surfaces are being relaid with granite and VDC works.

Accessibility gets a meaningful push too. A 12-metre-wide Foot Over Bridge (FOB) — wide enough to ease crowd flow during peak hours — is part of the plan, along with lifts connecting the existing Foot Over Bridge for elderly and differently-abled passengers. An Additional Covered Over Platform (COP) will shield commuters from the elements. A new toilet block and an entrance arch round out the upgrades.

Shadnagar's second entry — a practical game-changer

Perhaps the most consequential addition is a second entry point featuring a new circulating area and approach roads. At Indian railway stations, a single-entry bottleneck is a daily ordeal for passengers and autorickshaws alike. A second entry distributes foot traffic, cuts congestion, and — critically — improves emergency egress. For a growing town like Shadnagar, located about 50 km south of Hyderabad along the busy Bengaluru corridor, the upgrade addresses both current demand and the town's expanding population.

Amrit Bharat Scheme and Telangana's modernisation push

Shadnagar is part of a much larger national wave. Indian Railways launched the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in 2023, targeting the redevelopment of over 1,000 stations across India with modern amenities, improved accessibility, and multimodal connectivity. Shadnagar's ₹32.99 crore project fits squarely within that template — upgraded concourses, lifts, wider FOBs, and improved circulating areas are signature features of the scheme.

For G. Kishan Reddy, who also serves as BJP's Telangana state president, spotlighting visible infrastructure completions in the state carries political as well as administrative weight. Telangana has seen several such railway station upgrades under the central government's infrastructure drive, and the near-completion of Shadnagar puts a concrete, almost-done project on the public record.

With 87% of work finished, an inauguration announcement is the obvious next step. When that ribbon is cut at Shadnagar, it will mark one more station where the gap between a legacy facility and a modern one has — finally — been closed.