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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Who is benefitting from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project?
The information available in public domain is that JICA is financing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project by lending 88 thousand crore rupees at an interest rate of 0.1%. Payback period is 50 years with...
Bullet Train: Propelling Public Debt in India
Krishnakant of the Paryavaran Surakhsha Samiti, Gujarat on the rationale of the proposed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.