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Friday, Jun 20, 2025
Pinarayi Vijayan said the majority in Kerala wants the proposed semi high-speed rail project connecting Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod to be implemented.
Velcity Consulting Engineers Private Limited at Velachery in Chennai was awarded the contract to make and install the survey stones along the stretches from Kottayam to Ernakulam and Thrissur to Malappuram.
Thazhuthala village in Kollam district witnessed tense moments as a group of local people came out to the street challenging the officials' move to plant marker stones in their plots as part of the survey procedures being carried out across the state.
K Surendran issued the warning to K-Rail MD Ajith Kumar during a SilverLine protest in Chengannur.
Since, the semi-high speed rail project is not part of the Indian Railways, there is no requirement for a separate notification from the Centre, the Kerala HC observed.
The court cannot ignore the sentiments of the general public, Justice Devan Ramachandran said.
The Kerala government's ambitious SilverLine project is being opposed by the Congress-led UDF, which has been alleging that it was 'unscientific and impractical' and will put a huge financial burden on the state.
The chief minister and his cabinet colleagues have been maintaining that the current survey is not for acquiring land. The details of the notification, however, punch holes in their argument.
The Cultural Affairs minister of Kerala also reiterated that people with terrorist ideas were inciting the 'ill-informed' public.
The minister's statement comes amid Kerala government's efforts to launch a national campaign touting the SilverLine project as a symbol of Kerala's development model.
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