The preparatory works for the SilverLine project evoked protests in the capital district yet again on Monday.
Nearly a month after local residents thwarted efforts to erect survey stones in Kallambalam, Revenue and Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited (K-Rail) officials faced another round of demonstration as the process of marking the boundaries for the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod semi high-speed rail corridor neared Attingal.
The exercise which got under way near the Kizhuvilam service cooperative bank around 9 a.m. was met with resistance as it reached Thottikkal near Alamcode nearly one-and-a-half hours later. Activists of the K-Rail Virudha Janakeeya Samithi and the Congress prevented efforts to erect the survey stones. Soon, a sizeable police posse led by Varkala Dy.SP. P. Niyas rushed to the scene and attempted to pacify the protestors.
