Kerala recalls 209 Silverline survey officials, to wait for Centre’s nod

With the Union government yet to give its approval for Kerala’s proposed semi high-speed rail corridor Silverline project, the state government has recalled the revenue officials who have been deployed to conduct a social impact assessment (SIA) study for land acquisition.

The State Revenue Department on Saturday issued an order calling back 205 officials, who have been deployed for conducting the study with regard to the acquisition of 1,221 hectares of land in 11 districts of the state for the ambitious project also called K-Rail. The order said the staff with SIA units should be redeployed with other essential projects. It said the SIA study will be done once the Railway Board approves the project, the order read.