‘Centre didn’t clear Kerala rail project’

The Government of India has not given any approval to the 530.6 km long Semi High Speed Rail Project linking Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod, according to member of Lok Sabha N K Premachandran.

Premachandran was reacting to the claims made by Kerala’s Finance Minister K N Balagopalan and Rajya Sabha member Elamaram Kareem (CPI-M) that the project has been approved by the Union Government.

K Sudhakaran, president, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee who is also a member of Lok Sabha made it clear on Thursday that there is no change in the stance of his party via-a-viz the High Speed Rail Line. “We are of the view that this is an anti-people project and should never be implemented in the present form,” Sudhakaran told the media.