Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw writes to CM Pinarayi Vijayan, says delay in land acquisition holding up 4 rail initiatives in Kerala | India Information – Instances of India
NEW DELHI: Pointing to the “delay”in land acquisition holding up execution of 4 vital initiatives in Kerala, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday urged chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to expedite the method. To date lower than 15% of the land has been acquired regardless of the Centre making a cost of over Rs 2,100 crore to the state for this objective.
The 4 initiatives are doubling of Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari, Ernakulam-Kumbalam and Kumbalam-Turavur, and a brand new line from Angamali to Sabarimala. Vaishnaw, in a letter addressed to Vijayan, stated that railway initiatives value Rs 12,350 crore are in progress within the state.
“Nevertheless, a lot of the railway initiatives in Kerala aren’t progressing attributable to non availability of requisite land. Railways had initiated efforts for acquisition of land for a lot of the sanctioned initiatives however couldn’t reach buying land,” Vaishnaw wrote. He added that in opposition to the required 470 hectares for these initiatives, solely 64 hectares has been acquired thus far.
The minister wrote, “Assist of the Govt of Kerala is actually required within the matter.” He urged the CM to concern directions for expediting land acquisition.
The Kerala govt has been blaming the railway ministry for decelerate in mission execution and likewise not clearing its flagship Silver Line mission within the state.
In the meantime, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Vaishnaw stated there are “many deficiencies within the DPR (detailed mission report)” of the Silver Line from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod, which has been recognized by Kerala Rail Improvement Company Ltd (KRDCL), a three way partnership firm of Kerala govt (51%) and railway ministry (49%).
“KRDCL has been suggested by Southern Railway to deal with these deficiencies and put together revised DPR as per the newest technical requirements resembling adoption of broad gauge, integration with current Indian Railways community at appropriate factors, flatter ruling gradient, velocity potential of 160 kpmh, provision of KAVACH, electrification with 2×25 kv, correct drainage scheme for yards and sections, addressing environmental considerations throughout building and operation,” the reply talked about.
The mission has not been sanctioned but.
