With the State government recently reiterating that the ₹63,941-crore SilverLine semi-high-speed railway project has not been abandoned, E. Sreedharan, who was the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) Principal Advisor, has outlined a handful of alternative short-term measures that can considerably help speed up existing trains, and in turn enable more trains in Kerala.
Mr. Sreedharan, who had written a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in April outlining these measures, expressed dismay at the government’s recent decision to go ahead with the 530-km SilverLine project, including by conducting a geotagging survey to determine its alignment.
