KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has said the Central government cannot play hide and seek on SilverLine anymore and asked it to explain its stand on the social impact assessment (SIA) being carried out by the state government for the proposed project. “Is the state government the competent authority to conduct SIA for the project? Does the project pass through Puducherry?” the court asked on Thursday.
Justice Devan Ramachandran also orally observed that if the state government makes it clear that the land where the survey is being conducted will not be frozen and the cooperative banks will allow them to mortgage their land, the fear in the mind of the people regarding the survey can be allayed and the government can go ahead with the project very smoothly. But the state government is yet to clarify these issues.
