Kochi: Amidst Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressing confidence on getting the centre’s nod for the K-Rail project, the Railway Minister has raised concerns on the project.
Addressing a press conference at New Delhi, Pinarayi said his parleys with the Prime Minister on getting the center’s nod for the controversial K-Rail project was encouraging.
The state is expecting speedy clearance from the centre.
The Prime Minister said that he would discuss the matter with the Railway Minister on the matter, Pinarayi said.
Pinarayi said he had an informal meeting with the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav who on
the other hand said that the project had some problems like it was not interoperable.
There were ecological and environmental issues in implementing the project and there were public protests against it, Vaishnav said.
The Railways would take a fair decision on the matter that would be in favour of the state, Vaishnav said.
Meanwhile, reports of BJP youth wing Yuv Morcha entering the Chief Minister’s official residence of Cliff House at Thiruvananthapuram have been dismissed by the police.
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