Kerala Rail Board Says Compensation for High Speed Corridor Up to 4 Times above Market Rates
4 years, 5 months ago

Kerala Rail Board Says Compensation for High Speed Corridor Up to 4 Times above Market Rates

News 18  

The Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd, setting up the Semi High Speed Rail corridor connecting Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod in four hours, has said the misgivings against the project are "unfounded and totally baseless". But the fact is that the alignment was chosen in such a manner that the line passes through least populated areas with minimum possible land acquisition, and a higher compensation that will be about two to four times the market value will be provided for the acquired land," V Ajith Kumar, Managing Director of K-Rail. Since SilverLine uses Standard Gauge to reduce the extent of land acquisition it cannot be integrated with the existing Broad Gauge line. Since there will be service roads close to SilverLine, land price will appreciate substantially and improve traffic infrastructure along the line.

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Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urges Kerala to expedite land acquisition for key rail projects
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urges Kerala to expedite land acquisition for key rail projects

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, urging the state government to accelerate land acquisition processes that have delayed rail development projects worth Rs 12,350 crore in the state. For the Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari doubling project alone, 33 out of the 40 hectares required have been acquired using Rs 1,312 crore allocated by the Railways. …

Hurdles abound for SilverLine as Railways seek revised DPR for project
2 months ago

Hurdles abound for SilverLine as Railways seek revised DPR for project

The Hindu  

The State government has to overcome many hurdles to execute the 530-km SilverLine semi-high-speed rail corridor project in Kerala even as the Railways have sought a revised DPR for the project. They included the requirement for additional land to accommodate broad-gauge tracks if the need arose, the subsequent cost escalation and sourcing funds for the project whose cost was expected …

Explained | Tracking the new railway proposal for Kerala
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | Tracking the new railway proposal for Kerala

The Hindu  

The story so far: In Kerala, a new semi-high speed railway, expected to cruise at an average speed of 125 kmph has been proposed. The approximately ₹1 lakh crore semi-high speed train project on standard gauge track was mooted recently by technocrat E. Sreedharan, a day after Kerala’s Representative in New Delhi K.V. The new proposal is being projected as …

SilverLine or Metroman E Sreedharan's new line? Row over rail in Kerala again
1 year, 5 months ago

SilverLine or Metroman E Sreedharan's new line? Row over rail in Kerala again

India Today  

The SilverLine semi-high-speed train project - a flagship initiative of the Pinarayi Vijayan government - is once again mired in controversy in Kerala. E SREEDHARAN’S NEW PROJECT Following KV Thomas's request, E Sreedharan presented an alternative rail project to the Kerala government. According to E Sreedharan, the new project is entirely different from the SilverLine project, adding, he would not …

Centre Says K-Rail SilverLine Not Yet Sanctioned, State Informs Kerala High Court Project Has In-Principle Permission
2 years, 7 months ago

Centre Says K-Rail SilverLine Not Yet Sanctioned, State Informs Kerala High Court Project Has In-Principle Permission

Live Law  

The Railway Board on Thursday informed the Kerala High Court that sufficient details of the technical feasibility of the K-Rail Silverline were not available in the detailed project report submitted by the State Railway Development Corporation Ltd.Justice Devan Ramachandran was also informed that the Railways had not concurred with the social impact assessment study. The Railway Board on Thursday informed …

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Clash Erupts Between Protesting Congress Leaders, Police SilverLine Project
2 years, 8 months ago

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Clash Erupts Between Protesting Congress Leaders, Police SilverLine Project

ABP News  

New Delhi: The attempt to lay survey stones for the Kerala government's ambitious SilverLine rail corridor project, which was resumed after a gap in the state, triggered a clash between local residents and the police near Kaniyapuram in the capital district on Monday. A group of local people, led by the activists of the opposition Congress, blocked the officials when …

K-Rail, revenue department in dilemma over resumption of Kerala SilverLine survey
2 years, 8 months ago

K-Rail, revenue department in dilemma over resumption of Kerala SilverLine survey

India Today  

The revenue department and K-Rail are now facing a major dilemma in connection with the resumption of SilverLine survey, which was suspended following widespread protests across the state over the semi-high-speed rail project. The revenue department, agencies, and K-Rail are all waiting for the government's decision as the backlash for the project has been on an unexpected level for the …

Kerala Budget 2022: Silverline project gets 2000 crore, big allocations to education sector
2 years, 9 months ago

Kerala Budget 2022: Silverline project gets 2000 crore, big allocations to education sector

India Today  

Kerala Finance minister KN Balagopal presented the state’s first paperless annual budget on Friday. An amount of Rs 2,000 crore has been set aside in the budget 2022-23 for land acquisition for the Kerala government’s Silverline project. The project is currently in its initial stages with land being demarcated across the state for acquisition.The budget allocation has now made it …

Silver Line project part of policy address, Kerala governor says it will create job opportunities
2 years, 10 months ago

Silver Line project part of policy address, Kerala governor says it will create job opportunities

India Today  

Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan, in his policy address, said that the controversial Silver Line project will create more job opportunities and enable faster transportation across the state. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had earlier said that a compensation and relief package worth Rs 13, 265 crore would be implemented for the affected persons who would lose their buildings, property …

K-Rail Silverline Project | Kerala High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Staying Land Survey
2 years, 10 months ago

K-Rail Silverline Project | Kerala High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Staying Land Survey

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday set aside an interim order issued by a Single Judge directing the State to defer steps for the survey taken in furtherance of its K-Rail Silver Line project of the writ petitioners' properties until the matters are considered again in February. "Taking into account the various pros and cons, and the facts and figures, …

Kerala SilverLine project: High Court sets aside order deferring survey
2 years, 10 months ago

Kerala SilverLine project: High Court sets aside order deferring survey

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed the state government's appeals and set aside a single judge order deferring a survey in connection with the SilverLine project. A bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly set aside the single judge's January 20 order deferring the survey till February 7. In response to the state's appeals …

Shashi Tharoor changes tone on Kerala govt's Silver Line project, says Vande Bharat trains a better alternative
2 years, 11 months ago

Shashi Tharoor changes tone on Kerala govt's Silver Line project, says Vande Bharat trains a better alternative

India Today  

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor seems to have had a change of heart on the issue of the Kerala government’s Silver Line project. After the central government announced 400 semi-high-speed, intercity ‘Vande Bharat’ trains in the Union Budget, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram took to social media suggesting that the new project could be an alternative to the Silver Line. Tharoor's post …

K-Rail SilverLine Project : Kerala High Court Asks State To Explain How It Prepared Detailed Project Report Without Physical Survey
2 years, 11 months ago

K-Rail SilverLine Project : Kerala High Court Asks State To Explain How It Prepared Detailed Project Report Without Physical Survey

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State government to explain its actions taken in furtherance of its K-Rail Silver Line project and to justify the manner in which the survey is conducted by its instrumentalities. Upon being informed that a survey was being conducted before a Detailed Project Report was drafted, Justice Devan Ramachandran found it imperative for …

A train to unite Kerala: on SilverLine project
2 years, 11 months ago

A train to unite Kerala: on SilverLine project

The Hindu  

Kerala is polarised over the proposed 530 km north-south semi-high speed standard gauge rail link costing a largely borrowed ₹64,000 crore. The new track can transport 80,000 people daily, reducing the 20,000 present passenger car trips, and 12% to 15% passenger cars sales and traffic. The gradual shift of 15% to 25% of the present passenger car traffic to a …

Kerala SilverLine details in public domain
2 years, 11 months ago

Kerala SilverLine details in public domain

The Hindu  

Even as K-Rail officials have been maintaining that the complete detailed project report of the 530-km SilverLine will be published only after the ₹63,941-crore project got all sanctions, its executive summary and other pertinent details have made it to the public domain. “It is not yet the final DPR, since the Railway Board, Union Finance Ministry, NITI Aayog, and even …

SilverLine Project: Kerala High Court Seeks State Response On Contempt Plea Challenging Land Acquisition Without Centre's Sanction
3 years, 1 month ago

SilverLine Project: Kerala High Court Seeks State Response On Contempt Plea Challenging Land Acquisition Without Centre's Sanction

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday sought the response of the State and the Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd in a petition seeking to initiate contempt proceedings against K-Rail for allegedly breaching its assurance not to proceed with the Silver Line project before obtaining sanction from the Centre.Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V was hearing a contempt petition filed by a group. …

Is SilverLine on the right track?
3 years, 1 month ago

Is SilverLine on the right track?

The Hindu  

The Kerala government is facing political heat over its ambitious 540-km-long semi high speed railway project, SilverLine, which proposes to reduce the travel time between Thiruvananthapuram in the south to Kasaragode in the north. It said SilverLine would subsume large expanses of ecologically fragile wetlands and mangrove forests. While the Centre envisaged an elevated high speed railway corridor, SilverLine will …

Kerala cabinet gives nod to Semi-High Speed Rail corridor project, Silver Line that aims to cover about 530 kms in four hours
4 years, 7 months ago

Kerala cabinet gives nod to Semi-High Speed Rail corridor project, Silver Line that aims to cover about 530 kms in four hours

Firstpost  

The Kerala cabinet has given its approval for the Detailed Project Report of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Semi-High Speed Rail corridor, Silver Line, which aims to cover about 529.45 km in four hours. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala cabinet has given its approval for the Detailed Project Report of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Semi-High Speed Rail corridor, Silver Line, which aims to cover about 529.45 km …

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