On Sunday, Medha Patkar, Social Activist and Chief of the National Alliance of People's Movement (NAPM) spoke to the media at Kochi about her opposition to the K-Rail project, a dream project of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
According to her, an extensive study on the impact of the environment needs to be conducted after the state experienced back-to-back floods and landslides.
As it turned out, the Social Activist noted that a thorough study of the project's social impact and environmental impact would be required and is not advisable in the state without such a study.
According to Patkar, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is reluctant to be approached, which is detrimental to the Left unity he has been promoting.
In a project estimated at Rs 1.25 lakh crore, the state government and proponents claim there will be a semi high-speed train covering a distance of more than 600 kilometers within the proposed corridor from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod
Despite opposition from both Congress and the BJP, the project has also been scathingly criticized in CPM district conferences.