Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged MPs from the State to voice protest in Parliament on the neglect of Kerala in the budget outlay for railway projects.
Presiding over a meeting of MPs here on Saturday, he said the Union Budget had turned a blind eye to priority projects such as the Nemom and Kochuveli railway terminals, Angamalay-Sabari, Thalassery-Mysuru, Kanhangad-Panathur-Kaniyur rail lines, automatic signalling system between Ernakulam and Shoranur, extension of Amrita Express to Rameswaram and a new train service on the Ernakulam-Velankanni route.
Mr. Vijayan said the Budget was silent on the proposal to introduce a facility for maintenance of LHB coaches in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam, modernisation of the junction stations in Kollam and Ernakulam, and augmentation of the MEMU shed in Kollam.
