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.
Centre asks Kerala to begin land acquisition for Rs 64,000-crore SilverLine project
Of the estimated Rs 63,941-crore project cost, Rs 11,535 crore will be for overall compensation, of which Rs 6,100 crore for acquiring private land, Rs 975 crore for taking over railway land and Rs 4,460 crore to pay compensation to structures that suffer damage
PTI | February 7, 2021 | Updated 17:15 IST
The 530-km-long rail project needs 185 hectares of the railway land and 1,198 hectares of private land
The Union finance ministry has finally approved the revised debt-fund raising plan for the Rs 64,000-crore semi-high speed rail project connecting Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram with its northern tip Kasaragod, a top state government official has said.