The State government has not abandoned the proposed SilverLine project. Permission will have to be given for the project; if not now, then in future, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
He was replying to questions about the project being forced on the people, during the Question Hour in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Mr. Vijayan said the SilverLine project was suitable for the State and would help in its development. Initial indications were that the Union government would give its nod for the project. However, some interventions had led it to hesitate. Permission for the project would have to be given at some stage. But with the Union government not ready to give the go-ahead as yet, the State could not oppose it and move forward with the project implementation.
