Banana-selling fundraiser to help those hit by Kerala’s SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project

Thiruvananthapuram: Plantains planted by agitators as part of protest against the proposed SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project in Kerala are turning out to be a fundraiser to help those hit by the project.

As part of the stir against the rail project, the anti-rail action council had planted plantain trees across the state on last World Environment Day as a mark of protest against the ruling left-front MLAs who allegedly did not hear their plight.

As the trees produced bananas, the action council decided to make it a fundraiser to help those badly hit by the proposed project. Hence they decided to pool funds through an auctioning of the bananas.