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Kerala is withdrawing cases against SilverLine Project protestors, with the government cancelling land acquisition and the project itself after considering implementation issues.
The Silver Line project was scrapped due to environmental concerns and financial hardship for affected families.
The project conceived as a semi-high speed railway corridor connecting Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod across 529.45km has not made any headway for the past two years.
The Railways entrusted the 55 projects to Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd (K-Rail)
K-Rail proposes a new alignment for the Silverline project to address Railways' concerns over land acquisition, with the project planned under a PPP model
Ashwini Vaishnaw was in the state to conduct an inspection to review the railway infrastructure, including the Amrit Bharat and ongoing station redevelopment projects.
Kerala had expressed its consent to fund half of Sabari Rail project but it has not done so on record.
Curiously, Infopark is facing an acute space crunch even as 36 acres of land lies disused adjacent to it.
The Railway Board wants the Southern Railway to once again sit with KRDCL officials and thrash out the issues related to the semi high speed corridor.
The CM said the current hold-up in implementing the project is due to the delay in receiving the Centre's approval for the same.
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