The Communist Party of India (CPI), a part of the ruling CPI (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, on Sunday expressed concerns over the growing resentment against the government’s K Rail project, which has already drawn flak from Congress and other opposition parties in the state.
“There are a lot of apprehensions among people. The government will have to clear them and release the detailed project report (DPR),” said CPI joint secretary Prakash Babu.
The ₹63,490-crore K-rail project aims at developing a high-speed rail network, connecting north Kerala’s Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram in the south. The state will need 1,383 hectares of land for the project, of which 1,383 hectares is private land. The state plans to fund the project using equity funds from the government, foreign lending and the railway ministry’s part-funding.
