KOCHI, Jan. 8 -- The Kerala Government's decision on Wednesday to meet half the project cost of Rs 2,815 crore in the construction of Angamali- Erumeli Sabari Rail Route has stirred up a hornet's nest in the region through which the track is to be laid. Thousands of residents staying along the route of the proposed track would lose their dwelling places and fertile farms once the Indian Railways resume the land acquiring process. What is disturbing the Railway authorities in Kerala is that the majority of the people who would be displaced because of the project belong to the minority communities.
The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala Government on Wednesday had declared that it would meet half the cost of Rs 2,815 crore required for the 111 km l...