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Clarity connected onshore acquisition for the much-delayed Angamaly-Sabari obstruction task is yet to look with the territory administrations waiting for the proposals for onshore acquisition from Railways. The Southern Railway is yet to respond to letters sent by the Collectors of Ernakulam and Kottayam, astir a period ago, seeking the proposals which are a prerequisite to initiate onshore acquisition.
The connection for onshore acquisition refers to a papers comprising details specified arsenic the land’s purpose, location, required size, and the process to get it.
From Transport dept.
The Collectors wrote the letters pursuing a connection from the State Transport department, instructing the territory administrations to furnish the proposals successful consultation with the Railways. The letter, undersigned by Vijayasree K.S., Additional Secretary, Transport department, is dated August 21.
Following this, the Ernakulam Collector, successful a missive dated September 9, 2025, intimated the main administrative serviceman (construction), Southern Railway, and the peculiar tahsildar (land acquisition), Railways, Muvattupuzha. The Kottayam Collector besides wrote a akin letter, it is learned.
‘Time-consuming process’
Sources successful the Southern Railway said the onshore acquisition proposals tin beryllium shared lone with the support of the Railway Board nether the Union Ministry of Railways. The process for obtaining the board’s support was on, it is learnt. It is inactive not wide if Railways volition spell up with the earlier proposals, prepared earlier the task was frozen successful 2019 owed to indecision implicit cost-sharing and onshore acquisition, oregon marque caller ones. New proposals mightiness beryllium required owing to imaginable changes successful the locations, and preparing them could beryllium time-consuming, sources indicated.
Action council’s stance
Meanwhile, the Sabari Railway Central Action Council, a corporate of radical demanding the implementation of the project, are miffed with the bureaucratic hurdles which support cropping up. “We recognize that determination is nary request for the territory medication to question the connection from Railways since the Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K-Rail), a associated task institution of the State authorities and Ministry of Railways, is implementing the project. Hence, we fearfulness the enactment of sending the missive and waiting for the reply are aimed astatine delaying the project,” Jijo Panachinani, caput of the council, said.
