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Every Cloud Will Not Have A “Silver Lining”

Since 2018, we in Kerala especially those of us living in mountainous areas or the coast are afraid when clouds darken t...

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Kerala’s SilverLine rail is economically unviable and threatens ecosystem

The Summary of the Detailed Project Report sheds light on how the Kerala government’s ambitious SilverLine railway corr...

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SilverLine DPR poses questions on viability, puts LDF on backfoot

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the LDF government’s pet SilverLine project raises questio...

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SILVER LINE A GAMECHANGER? KERALA GOVT BANKRUPT, ‘REPLICATES’ BULLET TRAIN PROJECT

Kerala’s flagship Silver Line project, a semi-high speed rail corridor passing through 11 districts between Thiruvananth...

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Does Kerala Need a Bullet Train?

Kerala’s proposed flagship Silver Line project claims to be a gamechanger, but at what costs?Dubai Metro Rail, photo cou...

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JICA’s Guidelines Violated in the Bullet Train Project

The Japanese Government’s investment agency, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is a signatory to the Mem...

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January 7, 2022

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Every Cloud Will Not Have A “Silver Lining”

Since 2018, we in Kerala especially those of us living in mountainous areas or the coast are afraid when clouds darken the skies and there is possibility of rains. This is because for 2 years in sequence we have faced torrential floods when dams, rivers and lakes (all water bodies ) overflow and tak...

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January 7, 2022

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Kerala’s SilverLine rail is economically unviable and threatens ecosystem

The Summary of the Detailed Project Report sheds light on how the Kerala government’s ambitious SilverLine railway corridor project is substandard, as well as ecologically and economically unviable. A media house in Kerala recently leaked the 87-page Executive Summary of the Detailed Project Repo...

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January 5, 2022

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SilverLine DPR poses questions on viability, puts LDF on backfoot

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the LDF government’s pet SilverLine project raises questions on its financial viability. With an estimated project cost of Rs 63,940.67 crore and completion period of five years as per the March 2020 data, the Economic Internal Rate of Re...

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January 4, 2022

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SILVER LINE A GAMECHANGER? KERALA GOVT BANKRUPT, ‘REPLICATES’ BULLET TRAIN PROJECT

Kerala’s flagship Silver Line project, a semi-high speed rail corridor passing through 11 districts between Thiruvananthpuram and Kasargod is not technically a “Bullet Train” like the one proposed between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, but it has got into similar controversies as the much talked about deploy...

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December 17, 2021

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Does Kerala Need a Bullet Train?

Kerala’s proposed flagship Silver Line project claims to be a gamechanger, but at what costs?Dubai Metro Rail, photo courtesy: pxhereKerala’s flagship Silver Line project, a semi high speed rail corridor passing through 11 districts between Thiruvananthpuram and Kasargod is not technically a “Bullet...

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May 21, 2019

Krishnakant

JICA’s Guidelines Violated in the Bullet Train Project

The Japanese Government’s investment agency, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is a signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Government for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project (MAHSR), popularly known as the ‘Bullet Train Project’. There are two set...

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Every Cloud Will Not Have A “Silver Lining”

Kerala’s SilverLine rail is economically unviable and threatens ecosystem

SilverLine DPR poses questions on viability, puts LDF on backfoot

SILVER LINE A GAMECHANGER? KERALA GOVT BANKRUPT, ‘REPLICATES’ BULLET TRAIN PROJECT

Does Kerala Need a Bullet Train?

JICA’s Guidelines Violated in the Bullet Train Project

Every Cloud Will Not Have A “Silver Lining”

Kerala’s SilverLine rail is economically unviable and threatens ecosystem

SilverLine DPR poses questions on viability, puts LDF on backfoot

SILVER LINE A GAMECHANGER? KERALA GOVT BANKRUPT, ‘REPLICATES’ BULLET TRAIN PROJECT

Does Kerala Need a Bullet Train?

JICA’s Guidelines Violated in the Bullet Train Project