VD Satheesan scraps Kerala's controversial K-Rail project launched by LDF govt

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• Newly-elected Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan on Wednesday announced that the state cabinet has decided to scrap the controversial Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod SilverLine rail corridor project, which was launched by the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
• Touted as an ambitious infrastructure initiative, it had faced massive public resistance.
• Addressing the media after a cabinet meeting, Satheesan said the government has directed the Revenue Department to remove all survey stones installed for land demarcation and added that all land acquisition proceedings initiated for the project, popularly called K-Rail, stand cancelled.
• Read Full Story He also informed that the government has decided to file affidavits before courts to withdraw cases related to protests against the project across the state, after reviewing the nature of the cases.
• Congress was at the forefront of the protests against the semi-high-speed rail project.