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Semi-high speed rail corridor Silver Line gets Kerala cabinet nod

The DPR will now go for the approval of Railway Board, NITI Aayog and the Union Cabinet

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The project has already received the in-principle approval from the Ministry of Railways

BS Web TeamPTI New Delhi
The Kerala cabinet has given its approval for the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Semi-High Speed Rail corridor, Silver Line, which aims to cover about 529.45 km in four hours.

While giving its green signal to the project on Wednesday, the Cabinet made minor changes to the alignment proposed in the DPR submitted by the implementing agency Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd (K-rail), a joint venture of the Indian Railways and the Kerala Government.

The feasibility report of the project had proposed the line to pass through Mahe.