Union Minister V Muraleedharan’s campaign against the Kerala government’s flagship SilverLine project saw a twist on Saturday as a family here publicly endorsed the rail corridor and informed him that they have no problem in parting with their land for the same even though he repeatedly tried to explain to them its ‘drawbacks’.
The embarrassing incident occurred at Kazhakkoottam here when the minister arrived to meet people and lend an ear to their concerns regarding the semi-high-speed rail project by visiting their homes as part of his anti-SilverLine campaign.
However, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan once again rejected state-wide protests against the ambitious project and said people would receive compensation twice the market price for their acquired land.
