Ok-Rail mission in Kerala involves a halt as 205 staff despatched again

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 28: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala authorities on Monday suffered a significant blow when the Centre issued an official order asking all of the income officers employed for land acquisition for the Silver Line (Ok-Rail) mission to be absorbed in different tasks.

When the information surfaced final week, CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran had refused receiving any such intimation and stated the matter must be mentioned within the ruling Left Democratic Front.

As per the order, the 205 income officers positioned in 11 districts could be posted in different tasks.

Despite robust opposition from the Congress-led UDF and the BJP-led NDA,

Vijayan and his group have been decided to proceed with the mission.

At a vital Assembly by-election marketing campaign assembly early this yr at Thrikkakara, the chief minister had asserted that the “K-Rail will come” and it was greeted by a thunderous applause.

Terming it “unviable”, veteran Congress legislator Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan demanded shelving of the mission formally moreover withdrawal of circumstances registered in opposition to those that opposed this when the officers got here to their land to put the marking stone for this mission.

In August, Vijayan knowledgeable the Assembly that the mission won’t be shelved and is awaiting the Centre’s clearance.

Metroman E.Sreedharan had described the Ok-Rail proposal as “idiotic” and stated that it’s going to by no means be applied as it’s neither economically possible nor environmentally viable.

The mission was envisaged to be a 529.45 km hall connecting Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod with semi-high pace trains overlaying the space in round 4 hours.

Both the Congress and the BJP stated this mission will not be wanted for Kerala given the huge price which they are saying would exceed Rs 1.50 lakh crore. Besides being an environmental and financial catastrophe, it will be an enormous burden for the following era, the events stated.

But for lengthy, Vijayan and the ruling Left was saying the fee will likely be round Rs 65,000 crore solely.

The new growth comes forward of the particular Assembly session that will get underway on December 5 and the Congress-led opposition is more likely to tear into Vijayan for “misleading” Kerala with an “unviable” mission.

Ok-Rail mission in Kerala involves a halt as 205 staff despatched again IANS 28 November 2022 Post Your Comments

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