Kerala Rail Project

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai clarified to his Kerala counterpart that it is not possible to take up any development work in ecologically sensitive areas, and in wildlife sanctuaries.

The Kerala government has not abandoned the semi-high speed rail corridor, SilverLine, as the project will have to be approved by the central government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in the state assembly on Tuesday.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front opposition on Tuesday resumed its attack on the Kerala government over the SilverLine semi-high speed rail corridor project. The opposition said the project was not sanctioned by the Centre and the Railways.

The Kerala High Court on Monday asked the state government whether the intention behind putting up concrete poles, instead of survey marks as provided under the law, to identify land for the SilverLine rail corridor was to scare people into accepting

Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan on Saturday met people protesting against the K-Rail Silver line project in the Kottayam district of Kerala and said it will create "ecological issues" in the state.

The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed the state government's appeals and set aside a single judge order deferring a survey in connection with the SilverLine project.

A demand was made in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the Centre should expeditiously give its nod to a proposed nearly Rs 64,000 crore semi high-speed rail line connecting two ends of Kerala.

Shashi Tharoor, who had earlier adopted a supportive stand for the LDF government's Silver Line rail project in Kerala, has now said that the Budget announcement of 400 Vande Bharat train services in 3 years could be an alternative for the project.

The Centre is unlikely to give its approval for the SilverLine Project in Kerala as there were lot of faults in it, Metroman E Sreedharan said on Thursday, even as Pinarayi Vijayan asserted that his government would not back down from.

Discontent is brewing in Congress' Kerala unit over Shashi Tharoor's reluctance to sign a letter by the MPs of the UDF alliance to the Centre against the state's semi-high speed rail corridor and his open praise of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Addressing the concerns of Kerala Opposition leaders against semi-high speed rail network between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the project will reduce the travelling time by almost 12 hours

Kitex Garments, following a major confrontation with the Kerala government, announced scrapping a Rs 3,500 crore in the state and moving it elsewhere. The Telangana administration sent him a special private aircraft to fly to Hyderabad.

The Kerala cabinet has given its approval for the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Semi-High Speed Rail corridor, Silver Line, which aims to cover about 529.45 km in four hours.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has slammed the Kerala government over its "lack of cooperation" on a line that will bring the shrine city of Sabarimala on the rail network and said the delay has increased the project cost by 512 per cent.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday claimed through a Facebook post that the Centre had given in-principle approval to the Rs 66,000 crore Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod semi-high speed rail (SHSR) corridor project.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai clarified to his Kerala counterpart that it is not possible to take up any development work in ecologically sensitive areas, and in wildlife sanctuaries.

The Kerala government has not abandoned the semi-high speed rail corridor, SilverLine, as the project will have to be approved by the central government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in the state assembly on Tuesday.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front opposition on Tuesday resumed its attack on the Kerala government over the SilverLine semi-high speed rail corridor project. The opposition said the project was not sanctioned by the Centre and the Railways.

The Kerala High Court on Monday asked the state government whether the intention behind putting up concrete poles, instead of survey marks as provided under the law, to identify land for the SilverLine rail corridor was to scare people into accepting

Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan on Saturday met people protesting against the K-Rail Silver line project in the Kottayam district of Kerala and said it will create "ecological issues" in the state.

The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed the state government's appeals and set aside a single judge order deferring a survey in connection with the SilverLine project.

A demand was made in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the Centre should expeditiously give its nod to a proposed nearly Rs 64,000 crore semi high-speed rail line connecting two ends of Kerala.

Shashi Tharoor, who had earlier adopted a supportive stand for the LDF government's Silver Line rail project in Kerala, has now said that the Budget announcement of 400 Vande Bharat train services in 3 years could be an alternative for the project.

The Centre is unlikely to give its approval for the SilverLine Project in Kerala as there were lot of faults in it, Metroman E Sreedharan said on Thursday, even as Pinarayi Vijayan asserted that his government would not back down from.

Discontent is brewing in Congress' Kerala unit over Shashi Tharoor's reluctance to sign a letter by the MPs of the UDF alliance to the Centre against the state's semi-high speed rail corridor and his open praise of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Addressing the concerns of Kerala Opposition leaders against semi-high speed rail network between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the project will reduce the travelling time by almost 12 hours

Kitex Garments, following a major confrontation with the Kerala government, announced scrapping a Rs 3,500 crore in the state and moving it elsewhere. The Telangana administration sent him a special private aircraft to fly to Hyderabad.

The Kerala cabinet has given its approval for the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Semi-High Speed Rail corridor, Silver Line, which aims to cover about 529.45 km in four hours.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has slammed the Kerala government over its "lack of cooperation" on a line that will bring the shrine city of Sabarimala on the rail network and said the delay has increased the project cost by 512 per cent.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday claimed through a Facebook post that the Centre had given in-principle approval to the Rs 66,000 crore Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod semi-high speed rail (SHSR) corridor project.