Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday welcomed the Railway budget giving a green signal for the State’s proposal for launching suburban train services but said the State had expected more projects.
Talking to reporters, Chandy said Kerala was one of the first States to sign an MoU with the Indian Railways to set up a Joint Venture Company to implement rail projects on cost sharing basis.
Three key projects were mooted by the State and one of them was the suburban service from Thiruvananthapuram to Chenganoor. The other two are Sabari Rail project and Nilambur-Sulthanbattery-Najenkode Rail line, he said, adding electrification and doubling of rail projects in the State was progressing fast.