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Tracking the new railway proposal for Kerala

  • July 19, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Tracking the new railway proposal for Kerala

Subject : Geography

Section: Places in news

Context:

  • In Kerala, a new semi-high speed railway, expected to cruise at an average speed of 125 kmph has been proposed.

Details:

  • Set to travel the 420-km Thiruvananthapuram-Kannur north-south corridor, the trains are slated to cover the distance in three and a half hours.
  • The alignment for the trains will be largely that of the alignment suggested in 2015 for the high-speed rail corridor.

About the new rail project:

  • The approximately ₹1 lakh crore semi-high speed train project on standard gauge track was mooted recently by technocrat E. Sreedharan.
  • It is being projected as an alternative to the ₹64,000 crore Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod SilverLine project, which was to cover the 530-km distance at an average speed of about 135 kmph.
  • The proposed corridor would have a design speed of 200 kmph and can be linked with high-speed or semi-high speed rail projects on standard gauge that could touch Mangaluru and Coimbatore in future.

Why are high speed trains a priority?

  • Trains in Kerala are operating at rock-bottom speed.
  • The average speed of express trains is about 50 kmph to as low as 35 kmph.
  • There are now 1.5 crore vehicles — one vehicle for every two persons — jostling for space on narrow and congested roads which claim the life of over 4,000 people in accidents every year in the State.

What happened to the high-speed rail corridor and the SilverLineproject?

  • In 2014, the State government entrusted the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) with the task of readying a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a high-speed rail corridor linking Thiruvananthapuram with the northern-most district Kasaragod.
  • The DPR which was handed over to the government in 2015 was considered too ambitious and costly and failed to take off.
  • The SilverLineproject, proposed by the KRDCL in 2021 met with massive resistance due to concern over:
    • Massive displacement of people
    • Being built over a tall embankment
    • Worsen the flood situation, as embankment would block natural flow of water
Geography Tracking the new railway proposal for Kerala

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