Sabari Rail gets nod, land acquisition to begin in July

State to shoulder entirety of its expense share, says railway min

- ANU KURUVILLA @Kochi

NEARLY three decades after it was sanctioned, the 111-km-long Angamaly-Erumeli Sabari Rail project is finally making progress.

As per the details shared by the state's Railway Minister V Abdurahiman, all hiccups associated with the project, which was sanctioned in 1997-98, have been removed and land acquisition for the project will begin in July.

The news has come as a huge relief to the 5,510 families living on the 70-km stretch of the 111-km rail project as they were blocked from carrying out any type of land transactions after their properties were surveyed and survey stones installed.