The proposal to extend SilverLine, the semi-high-speed rail project, to Mangaluru will cost an additional ₹6,000 crore, as per the estimate of 2019-2020, if the project is approved.
The detailed project report (DPR) submitted to the Railway Board to get the final nod has no provision to extend the railway line to Mangaluru, for which a new study has to be done.
The proposal has come up for discussion in the 30th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council held in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. A consensus was arrived at between the two States to hold a chief ministerial-level meeting in Bengaluru by the end of this month to this effect.
