Nilambur-Nanjangud railway line forum to intensify stir
The Hindu
Immediate steps sought to launch final location survey for project
The Nilgiri-Wayanad National Highway and Railway Action Committee, which has been campaigning for the Nilambur-Nanjangud railway line, is preparing to intensify its agitation demanding immediate steps to launch the final location survey of the proposed railway line.
A meeting of the forum chaired by I.C. Balakrishnan, MLA, at Sulthan Bathery on Friday decided to launch an indefinite agitation against the alleged attempt to subvert the project.
The Central government had sanctioned the project and signed an MOU with the State government to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) and conduct the final location survey for the project. The previous UDF government had allocated ₹8 crore to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for preparing the DPR and the survey for the project in 2016. But the LDF government is now trying to sabotage the project by not providing funds to the DMRC, the organisation said in a release here.