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Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 13 (PTI): Kerala Chief Minster Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday categorically rejected the concerns raised by the opposition UDF against the proposed semi-high speed rail project, saying that the over Rs 63,000 crore initiative is inevitable for the infrastructure development of the state and his government has a transparent approach in this regard.
The Congress-led opposition members strongly argued in the state Assembly that the mammoth project, named K-Rail project, would cause huge financial burden and severe environmental damage to the state and would not be beneficial for common men.
Over 20,000 families have to be displaced for the project and the state has to find out a whopping amount of one lakh twenty four thousand crore rupees for it"s implementation, they further charged.
Moving a notice seeking an adjournment motion over the issue during the zero hour, the opposition wanted the House to discuss the matter after suspending all its other businesses considering its seriousness.
However, Vijayan, in his elaborate reply, detailed various benefits of the semi high-speed rail project, proposed between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod districts, and said it would help reduce the congestion and accidents on the state and national highways.
Saying that there is no need for any concern regarding the project, he also claimed that the government was adopting utmost advanced techniques in all aspects of its implementation from land acquisition to aerial survey.