The controversial stone-laying for K-Rail was stopped following stringent opposition from people in Kerala. As per reports, instead of laying stones, it has been decided to use geo tag system for the social impact assessment study.
The new decision was made in the wake of the intensifying protests against the laying of stones. The order was issued by the revenue department as demanded by the Kerala Railway Development Corporation. The stone-laying and survey had been halted for a few days.
The opposition had alleged that the move was on account of the Thrikkakkara bypolls. Earlier, the stone-laying was halted during the CPM party congress as well.
Earlier an RTI document was released stating that around Rs 82 lakhs was spent for laying the border stones. K-Rail had spent a total of Rs 81.60 lakhs till last February, for bringing and laying stones in various places.
The data was cited in a reply given by the K-Rail to RTI activist K Govindan Namboothiri. As of now, Rs 3.23 crores has been spent for various surveys.
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