Kerala CM says PM gave ‘favourable’ response on SilverLine

Amid A raging political controversy in Kerala over the SilverLine semi-high speed rail corridor project, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his intervention for expediting necessary approvals from the central government. Vijayan said the Prime Minister’s response to the project was “favourable”.

The Rs 63,491-crore ambitious project of the CPI(M)-led government has been facing massive protests over the survey and marking of the corridor boundary. The opposition Congress is also on an agitation path. In fact, hours before the Chief Minister met the Prime Minister, MPs from the UDF — Kerala’s Opposition alliance — took out a march to Parliament against the K Rail project, which led to scuffle with the police.