Do not be duped by K-Rail package, say Moolampilly evictees
The Hindu
‘Compensation and rehabilitation should take precedence over eviction for SilverLine project’
“No one should ever give their land for development projects, and if they do, they suffer our fate,” rued 82-year-old Sreedevi last year on the 13th anniversary of the forceful eviction of 10 families at Moolampilly for the rail-road connectivity of the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT).
Just over five months later, she died without ever being rehabilitated. She was among the 32 evictees to face similar fate. Unable to reconcile to the reality, some of them had even taken their lives.
Sreedevi would be turning in her grave, as the State government tries to win over opponents to the proposed SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project by dangling the carrot of ₹13,265 crore compensation package.
