THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated right here on Tuesday that the resistance in opposition to the SilverLine challenge began cropping up after the LDF retained energy within the 2021 meeting election.
The chief minister stated the opposition was attempting to take Kerala again to the nineteenth century by blindly opposing the challenge. The Congress-led political entrance was at all times recognized for his or her retrograde stand, he stated. The state authorities was resolved to go forward with the challenge with public help, he stated. The CM was addressing a public assembly organised to counter the opposition to the SilverLine challenge.
Justifying the challenge, he stated it could be inconceivable to run semi high-speed rail parallel to the present railway line. The present line has 626 curves. Contemplating the inhabitants density within the areas the place the railway line passes by, it could be inconceivable to straighten these curves to swimsuit the semi high-speed practice. He additionally sought to dispel the criticism that the challenge could be an ecological catastrophe.
"The challenge is surroundings pleasant as it could assist to cut back the carbon emission by 2,80,000 in 4 years. It will save fossil gasoline price Rs 500 crore," he stated, including that the proposed embankments would by no means trigger floods.
CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran, in his speech, stated the SilverLine challenge was not a challenge conceived in a rush. "The Left shouldn't be a block that does not realise the ache of those that lose their land. The federal government has repeatedly assured that enticing compensation and correct rehabilitation could be given to those that lose their land," he stated.