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The Hindu
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Staff Reporter

SilverLine undemocratic and non-sustainable, says Medha Patkar

Social activist Medha Patkar on Sunday said the semi-high-speed SilverLine project was “undemocratic, non-sustainable, and unjust.”

Addressing ‘No to K-Rail, Yes to Kerala’, a meet organised by the Anti-SilverLine Protest Committee here on Sunday, Ms. Patkar said the project followed a development paradigm which was against “truly acceptable priorities and processes.”

She said that natural resource management and priorities in the name of development did not ensure equity, sustainability, and justice, and that the project would divide society.

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