Issue order rolling back SilverLine project: forum
The Anti-K-Rail SilverLine People’s Struggle Committee is urging Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to withdraw the SilverLine rail project. The project has faced significant public opposition and concerns regarding environmental impact and displacement of residents. The committee claims that the project was poorly planned and lacked necessary approvals from the Union government.
- ▪The SilverLine project has been in development for seven years, causing fear among residents due to land acquisition.
- ▪Public protests have stalled the project, but the previous government did not heed calls to cancel it.
- ▪The committee argues that the project threatens the environment and would displace many people.
- ▪The detailed project report was criticized as impractical and hastily prepared, lacking Union government approval.
- ▪The current UDF government has leaders who previously supported the committee's protests against the project.
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The Anti-K-Rail SilverLine People’s Struggle Committee has called on Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to issue an order withdrawing the SilverLine rail project.It had been seven years since the previous Left Democratic Front government began laying marker stones on land identified for acquisition from individuals across the State, instilling fear among the people. Strong public protests, however, stalled the project. Despite this, the LDF government did not accept people’s demand to roll it back, the committee said in a statement on Tuesday.The government was backing a project that threatened to destroy the environment and lead to large-scale displacement of people. The plan was to borrow crores for a project that was intended for the well-off people.
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