K-Rail Silverline- Does Kerala need it?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2022
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K-Rail; First of all, there needs to be a distinction between K-Rail and Silverline. Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited or K-Rail in short, is a public sector company. While 49% of the company is owned by the Ministry of Railways, under the Union Government, the remaining 51% is under the control of the Government of Kerala.
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K-Rail will be implementing several rail infrastructure projects in Kerala one among which is the now infamous Silverline. Silverline is the name of a semi high-speed rail corridor which is being implemented by K-Rail.
Although there is no single standard that applies worldwide, high speed rail lines are generally those rail lines which run above 250 km per hour.
For comparison, the under construction Mumbai - Ahmedabad Bullet train will be running at speeds of 320 kmph thus becoming India’s first high speed rail project.
Silverline will however be a semi-high speed project as the train’s operational speed is 200kmph. When completed, it will cover a distance of 530 km and will travel from the southern capital city of Thiruvanathapuram to the northernmost Kasargod. At the maximum speed of 200 kmph it is expected to complete this journey in 4 hours.
The initial cost for the project is estimated to be around Rs. 64,000 crore.
Let us consider the options that K-Rail will be an alternative to. Kerala is a state with a north-south extent of 560 km. Covering the distance from the southernmost city of Thiruvananthapuram to the northernmost city of Kasargod will take around 12 hours by road, and around 11 hours by train.
The supporters of Silverline say that it will reduce the running time from the present 12 to just 4 hours. This rapid movement is expected to attract investments and usher in growth.
But several people have raised concerns about the project:
For infrastructure projects of such magnitude, an assessment of the practicality is usually conducted. Such an assessment is called a feasibility study. Another document of importance is the DPR or the Detailed Project Report. A detailed project report is a very extensive and elaborative outline of a project, which includes essential information such as the resources and tasks to be carried out in order to make the project turn into a success.
Several media outlets have reported that the feasibility study for the Silverline was prepared in a hasty manner in just 50 days and the detailed project report was prepared within six months, that too without any hydrological or geological study which are considered essential.
Questions have also been raised on the sources and the authenticity of the information used by Systra, a France-based consultancy firm, which prepared the DPR of SilverLine.
Setting aside the controversies for a moment, let us focus on the economics of the project. For a project of such magnitude, it has to be seen whether it will be economically feasible or not. A measure in this regard is the passenger rate or the cost per passenger kilometre.This is an estimate of the cost of carrying one passenger over a distance of one kilometre.
The passenger rate of the Silverline has been calculated to be ₹3.90/ per km, meaning that on average around four rupees will be spent for carrying one passenger for one kilometer. For comparison, the average passenger rate for Indian Railways is only one-tenth of this, that is close to 40 paise per kilometer.
At such a high passenger rate, it is expected that the price of the tickets will be also on the higher side and as such many have dubbed Silverline to be only for the rich and to be unaffordable for the majority of the middle and lower class, at least for the initial period of its operations. silver line metro
Kosh what's your personal stance here?
A balanced approach is needed.
@@koshvideos Haha that's so diplomatic
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He's is clearly against
Pranav, his politics positions him against the project. But in the mind he wants it.
It is wrong to assume that people do not want silver line. A few people who are afraid their land will be taken over will protest.As gdp grows affordability will also improve .Good conectivity will bring in investments.