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The project has been envisaged keeping in mind those owing personal vehicles, frequent travellers in AC coaches and frequent fliers.
The UDF leadership was the first to object to the stonelaying and was also at the forefront of protests to remove the stones.
Out of the 6,300 stones that were erected, more than 350 were removed by protesters, according to official figures.
This was the advice most railway experts like E Sreedharan, Alok Kumar Verma and even the Railway Board had given.
In the latest development in this regard, a document obtained under the Right to Information Act says that NITI Aayog has calculated that the project would cost Rs 1,26,081 crore.
The second SilverLine debate held in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday saw a brutal attack on the methods employed by Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K-Rail) to push for the SilverLine semi high speed project.
The K-Rail said in its official page that the two panelists had backed out on their own for 'flimsy reasons'.
The protesters allegedly manhandled Arun Kumar, an engineer with the Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd (K-Rail), which is implementing the project.
The latest argument between those opposing the project and Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd (K-Rail), which is the implementing agency, is over who is organising the debate.
Without stating any reason, K-Rail struck off Mathew's name and invited engineer and environmental activist Sridhar Radhakrishnan to take his place.
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