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ithu nadannal kakka malarnnu parakkum ... urappa...!Centre accepts Kerala’s high speed rail corridor project
By ASHRAF PADANNA January 21, 2012
TRIVANDRUM: The Indian Railways has expressed interest in taking up India’s first high-speed railway corridor project linking the Kerala capital to Managalore in the neighbouring Karnataka state for trains that can run more than 300 kilometres/hour, sources from Kerala government said.
The expression of interest came from Vinay Mittal, chairman of Railway Board, at the high-level meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s office in New Delhi on Friday at the instance of the Kerala government, which was attended by top officials.
“They said they were interested in the project since it was the first high-speed rail corridor in India. The Railway Board has been asked for approaching the federal cabinet,” said P. Prabhakaran, chief secretary of Kerala, who attended the meeting, chaired by Pulok Chatterjee, principal secretary to the PM.
The North-South High Speed Rail Corridor (HSRC), which is expected to develop as the “economic lifeline” of Kerala, was originally planned as a PPP (public-private partnership) project.
However, there was a consensus at the meeting that it could be built as a joint venture between the state and the centre with the Japanese funding.
E. Sreedharan, former chairman of the Delhi Metro Development Corporation (DMRC), which conducted a feasibility study, felt that the project would require federal viability gap funding to make it possible.
The DMRC has been asked to submit a detailed project report in six months.
As a member of Kerala Planning Board, the “Metro Man” now advises the state government on both the high-speed corridor and Kochi Metro in the state’s port city.
“There was a suggestion for incorporating a special purpose vehicle between the state and centre and go for government funding. But this has not been finalised,” said T. Balakrishnan, chairman and managing director of the Kerala High-Speed Rail Corporation.
The estimated project cost, for the 1st Phase from Trivandrum to Kochi, with a route length of 194 kilometres, is Rs433billion. Work on the project is expected to commence in 2013 and would be completed over the next seven-year period.
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