Chief Minister assures people on high speed rail project

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday assured the people of the state that his government would carry out developmental projects only with the complete satisfaction of all concerned.

The Chief Minister made the statement in connection with speculations surrounding a proposed high speed rail network that will stretch over 527 km between Thiruvananthapuram and Mangalore in neighbouring Karnataka. The project will cost an estimated Rs.118, 000 crore.

'The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is going ahead with a detailed project report. Once that is ready, only then will the alignment of the proposed project will be made out and before that is finally cleared, we will hold discussions with people's representatives and all issues will be discussed transparently,' said Mr Chandy.