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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Echoes of dissent within LDF over SilverLine

Echoes of perceived disunity within the Left Democratic Front (LDF) appear to cast a shadow over the State government's resolve to forge ahead with its flagship SilverLine semi-high-speed railway project to be developed by Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited (K-Rail).

Moreover, the arguably growing resistance to lay SilverLine markers on private land has reportedly frustrated the administration's attempt to fast-track the project.

Meanwhile, the epicentre of Friday's anti-SilverLine protests shifted to Alappuzha with police baton-charging Youth Congress (YC) protesters who attempted to lay K-Rail markers inside the district collectorate.

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