Chennai, Feb. 8 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Railways Ministry to release the required funds for sanctioned projects to facilitate land acquisition and compensation.

In a letter to Prime Minister Modi, CM Stalin urged him to reconsider the projects Thoothukudi - Madurai (Via Aruppukottai) New Broad Gauge Line and Tindivanam - Tiruvannamalai Broad Gauge Railway Line Project, which he claimed the Railways have kept in abeyance.

The Tamil Nadu CM said that a sanction has been accorded for the acquisition of 2,500.61.06 hectares of land, but the Railways have not sanctioned funds for 931.52.96 hectares.

Stalin wrote, "I draw your kind attention to the current status of ra...