Shocking to see left-front supporting Kerala rail project ignoring people’s woes: Medha Patkar

Social activist Medha Patkar on Thursday said that it is shocking that the Left Front, which has always stood for people’s rights, is going ahead with the rail project that affects hundreds of people and threatens the ecology.

Addressing a protest meeting against the rail project in Thiruvananthapuram, Medha accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of not listening to people’s woes. Mass struggles would resist any such anti-national projects, she said.

She also said that the development model of Kerala needs a change in the wake of the floods and natural calamities in recent years. Projects that affect the ecology and lead to natural resource exploitation should be avoided.