Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has assured Palakkad Lok Sabha Member V.K. Sreekandan that the land acquired for a coach factory at Kanjikode will be used for some development work.
During a meeting Mr. Vaishnaw had with Mr. Sreekandan in New Delhi on Thursday, the Railway Minister responded positively to a demand by the MP to utilise the land acquired for the coach factory under Prime Minister’s Gati Shakti national master plan.
As much as 236 acres of land was acquired by the State government and handed over to Railways at Kanjikode in 2012.