The Union Railway Ministry has raised serious objections against the Kerala government’s flagship high-speed rail project, Silver Line, even as the CPM government in the state mooted that the proposed line shall be extended up to Mangaluru and sought support of the BJP-ruled Karnataka government too.
During the recently held 30th Southern Zonal Council meeting of South Indian states and Union Territories, the Kerala government mooted that the proposed 530- kilometer Silver Line proposed from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod shall be extended up to Mangaluru. Not only that, the Kerala government sought cooperation from its Karnataka counterpart too. The proposal was earlier mooted at a meeting of the standing committee of southern zonal council held in May.
