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TMI BlogKerala's rail development will become a reality if not today, then tomorrow: Kerala CMX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Kerala's rail development will become a reality if not today, then tomorrow: Kerala CM X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s 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 wa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s 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 pe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rmission," 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 taken ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 hours ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to under four hours. PTI TGB TGB ROH X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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