Rail double tracking in Goa: SC may decide on CEC recommendations today

The Supreme Court is likely to decide the case related to the recommendations of the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) regarding the doubling of the railway track between Castle Rock in Karnataka and Kulem in Goa on Monday.

In April 2021, the CEC appointed by the top court had shot down the key rail expansion project in Goa and recommended crucial changes to two other projects — a highway and a power transmission line — in the state.

These projects had been cleared by the Centre in 2020 despite red flags being raised at various levels since they would cut through the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary (BMWS) and the Mollem National Park (MNP) in south Goa.