Kerala's rail development will become a reality if not today, then tomorrow: Kerala CM

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....erala's rail development will become a reality if not today, then tomorrow: Kerala CM<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 20-5-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Kozhikode (Kerala), May 20 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday expressed confidence that the railway development of Kerala, such as the SilverLine project, would become a reality--if not today, then tomorrow--despite opposition from opposition parties....

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.... and the Centre for political reasons. "No one should think that things will always remain the same. The railway development of our state will become a reality. If not today, then tomorrow," Vijayan said at a press conference held here on the occasion of the fourth anniversary celebrations of his government. Responding to a query on the Left government's ambitious SilverLine project, which was....

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.... shelved due to opposition protests, he said that rail development would be possible only with the permission of the central government. "We thought that if such a project were to take place, no one would oppose it--particularly at a time when the Government of India speaks of the nation’s progress through such initiatives. But a very, very unfortunate situation arose. The project was denied p....

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....ermission," the Chief Minister said. He accused the Centre of "siding" with those who oppose the state government on the SilverLine matter, and said such a stance was taken for political reasons. Vijayan said when his state government halted the project due to opposition, 'Metroman' E Sreedharan came up with a suggestion on which there were not many differences. "Although the matter was take....

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....n up with the Union Railway Minister by me, and later with the Central Government by the state government's special representative in Delhi, K V Thomas, there has been no response," he lamented. The SilverLine project is a proposed 529.45 km semi-high-speed rail corridor aimed at connecting Thiruvananthapuram in the south to Kasaragod in the north, significantly reducing travel time from 12 hour....

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....s to under four hours. PTI TGB TGB ROH<BR> News - Press release - PIB....