If completed it will set up a 529.45 km corridor connecting Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod and a train which will run this distance will complete its journey in around four hours and Vijayan has already announced his intent that come what may, he will go ahead with it and the CPI-M and its leaders have all echoed the same.
The sub-committee of the United Democratic Front (UDF), led by former State PWD Minister MK Muneer in their report has pointed out that the project will incur a big loss to the state exchequer and a huge environmental damage