It seems the government was bit apprehensive about taking the SilverLine semi-high-speed rail through the State coastal belt for reasons beyond technical grounds.
A letter by the managing director of Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd (KRDCL) to the managing director of Systra, the consultancy that prepared the pre-feasibility report, reveals that the State was apprehensive about drawing the lines through the coastal belt fearing it will disrupt the State’s social harmony, among other reasons.
The letter dated March 25, 2019 was forwarded soon after the pre-feasibility report was submitted by a team of experts led by Alok Kumar Verma, former Railways Chief Engineer who was a lead consultant of Systra then.
