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Major mismatches in SilverLine’s two feasibility reports and DPR

Estimated ridership goes up & rate of return looks rosy in DPR, raising doubts of data fudging. THIRUVANANTHAPURA...

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 Thiruvanant...

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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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What Role do Private Investments Play in India’s Infrastructure Sector?

India has been projected as one of the world’s most attractive investment destinations as a result of massive eco...

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Privatization through Asset Monetization

Asset monetization is not ‘privatization, the Modi government maintains. The Railway Minister was vehement in claiming t...

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January 5, 2022

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Major mismatches in SilverLine’s two feasibility reports and DPR

Estimated ridership goes up & rate of return looks rosy in DPR, raising doubts of data fudging. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Going by the preliminary feasibility report (PFR) prepared in March 2019, the proposed SilverLine project would draw a daily ridership of around 45,650 by 2028. Ironically, the ...

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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 deplo...

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January 4, 2022

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

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November 26, 2021

Shivani Dwivedi

What Role do Private Investments Play in India’s Infrastructure Sector?

India has been projected as one of the world’s most attractive investment destinations as a result of massive economic and policy reforms over the last three decades, focusing on liberalisation and globalisation. The Indian economy grew at a rate of 6.53% in 2018-19 and is projected to grow a...

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June 7, 2021

Dinesh Abrol

Privatization through Asset Monetization

Asset monetization is not ‘privatization, the Modi government maintains. The Railway Minister was vehement in claiming that there will be no privatization of the Railways, and the ministry is preparing to ‘monetize assets’. Evidence suggests that this is a euphemism for privatizing the public assets...

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Major mismatches in SilverLine’s two feasibility reports and DPR

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

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

What Role do Private Investments Play in India’s Infrastructure Sector?

Privatization through Asset Monetization

Major mismatches in SilverLine’s two feasibility reports and DPR

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

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

What Role do Private Investments Play in India’s Infrastructure Sector?

Privatization through Asset Monetization