Minister Ashwini reviews rail development projects during visit to Kozhikode
Thiruvananthapuram: A remark by union railway minister in favour of the Kerala government's much-hyped K-Rail semi-high speed project has further triggered stirs against the same.
Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday that the K-Rail project could be taken forward if the state government clears the technical and environmental issues with regard to the project. The anti-K-Rail action council swiftly resumed their stir across the state against the project demanding that the government should issue formal orders abandoning the project considering its adverse impact on the environment and the lives of thousands of people.
The action council also resumed its stir at Kattilapeedika on the suburbs of Kozhikode where the stir against the rail project first started.
The opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front also strongly flayed the union railway minister's statement. Opposition leader V D Satheesan said that the UDF would not allow the project at any cost.
