Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday to seek his endorsement of K-Rail (SilverLine).
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government's ambitious semi-high-speed railway project has run into formidable social, political, environmental and financial hurdles. Nineteen Congress MPs from Kerala had petitioned the Centre against sanctioning the project. The State government hopes Mr. Modi's intervention would clear the obstacles and fast-track K-Rail. The crucial meeting has rivetted public attention and would commence at Mr. Modi's office in Parliament at 11 a.m.