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Karnataka stalls Thalassery- Wayanad-Mysuru rail line proposal

Friday, May 07, 2021

Citing an adverse report from its Forest Department, the Karnataka government has stalled the ambitious proposal of the Kerala government to develop the Thalassery- Wayanad-Mysuru rail line under Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited (K-Rail), a joint venture company under the Kerala Government and Ministry of Railways, the Hindu daily reported.

According to its report, The Hindu newespaper said that the the Karnataka government had pointed out that the ?5,000 crore project involving the construction of a lengthy tunnel across Kabani river to save wildlife tracts of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarhole National Park was not feasible. Even if the rail line is constructed through underground tunnels , it can affect the water recharge underneath the earth, thereby causing severe ecological imbalance to the habitat system, the report added.

The proposed alignment passes through the tunnel between corridor of Nagerhole and Bandipur from Pulpally Taluk of Kerala to H D Kotte Taluk of Karnataka. In Kerala, it connects Thalasseryand Panoor in Kannur district, Vilangad in Kozhikode district and Niravilpuzha, Tharuvana, Kalpetta, Meenangadi and Pulpally in Wayanad district.

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