The Central government has chosen to fund 30 railway projects, including 15 new railway lines in Telangana, totaling Rs 83,543 crore, according to Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy.

The Union Minister said that due to the "non-cooperation" of the ruling BRS government, works on laying over 700 km railway tracks have been stalled.

"We (the Centre) have asked the State government to speed up the land acquisition for railway projects. We seek the State government's support for projects such as Phase II of Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) in Hyderabad. The State government has been non-cooperative," Reddy, who is also Telangana BJP president, alleged.

Despite the "non-cooperation" from the State administration, the Union government led by Prime Minister NarendraModi is working for development of Telangana and welfare of the people, he said.