Hon’ble Railway Minister Shri.Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in the 2015-16 Railway Budget announced several developmental works for Waltair Division at a cost of around Rupees 695 crore , some of them are as follows:

1. Wagon POH workshop at Vadlapudi area of Visakhhapatnam at a sanctioned cost of Rs.213.97crores.

2. Augmentation of the existing Diesel Loco shed at Visakhapatnam to home 100 HHP locomotives at a sanctioned coast of Rs. 53.13crores.

3. For augmentation of Electric Loco Shed at Visakhapatnam for holding 200 locomotives at a sanctioned cost of Rs 19.56crores.

4. Augmentation of facilities to handle additional sick wagons due to increase in traffic at Raw Material Unloading Yard in the Steel Plant siding at Visakhapatnam at a sanctioned cost of Rs.20.71crores.

5. For undertaking NPOH&C category repairs traffic facility works at Reception Yard of Visakhapatnam at a sanctioned cost of 17.78crores.

6. To improve the traffic flow between Gopalapatnam – Duvvada stations Automatic signaling works at a sanctioned cost of Rs.8.39crores.

7. For closure of unmanned level crossing works Rs.44.68crores sanctioned.

8. For providing Road Under Bridges/ Road Over Brides works at a sanctioned cost of Rs.48.84crores.

9. For undertaking of track renewal works Rs.239 crores sanctioned for Waltair division.

10. For increasing the length of platforms at stations in Kothavalsa-Kirandul line works costing Rs. 18.75crores.