Paddy fields comprise 19% of land required for Kerala's SilverLine project

Detailed Project Report prepared by implementing agency Kerala Rail Development Corporation notes that nearly 30 hectares of the 253.45 hectares of paddy land used will be redeveloped and reclaimed as paddy fields

Paddy fields comprise nearly 19% of the 1,343 hectares required for Kerala's SilverLine project connecting Kasaragod and Thiruvanthapuram. “Out of the total land requirement of 1,343 hectares for the project, the paddy field land use is 253.45 hectares, which is only 18.9% [of the total requirement],” according to the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by the implementing agency Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K-Rail). The data on the paddy fields required for the 529.45-km semi-high-speed rail SilverLine has been mentioned in Chapter 20 of the DPR titled ‘Sustainable Transport System and Green Initiatives’ submitted before the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).