THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the controversy over the non-release of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod semi-high speed rail heating up, the state government on Wednesday released a concise project document. According to the government, the DPR will be released only after getting approval from the Railways.

The 88-page concise project document stated that semi-high-speed rail will introduce a new travel culture in Kerala, where rail and road speeds are down by 40 per cent. The document does not contain any controversial information.

The project will commence in 2025. With this, the current 12-hour journey from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod will be reduced to four hours. There will be 18 services per day. One train will carry 675 passengers. The ticket rate is Rs 2.75 per km. There will be 480 trucks per day on Ro-Ro service. It will run at a speed of 120 kmph. A revenue of Rs 237 crore can be generated through this. Connectivity to Nedumbassery Airport. Shareholders will get a profit share of 13.5 percent.

Expenditure in crores

• Total cost- Rs 63,940 crore
• Land Acquisition- 11535.30 crore
• For private land- Rs 6100 crore
• For railway land- Rs 975 crore
• Compensation- Rs 4460 crore
• Rehabilitation- Rs 1730 crore
• State Government- Rs 18,150 crore
• Railways-Rs 6,313 crore
• 1.02 crore per km for maintenance
• 542 crore per annum
• 3384 employees
• 1516 officers from outside
• The annual salary of the employees is 8 lakhs.
• This will cost Rs 271 crore.

Track

• 11.53 km of tunnel
• 12.99 km of bridges
• 88.41 km of track above ground level
• 101.74 km of land will have to be levelled
• 9314 buildings to be demolished

Stations based on the number of passengers

• A class- Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod
• B Class- Chengannur, Kottayam, Tirur
• C Class- Nedumbassery Airport Station
• Depots in Kollam and Kasaragod.
• Ro-ro depots for loading and unloading trucks in Kazhakoottam, Kollam, Pazhanganadu, Mooriyad and Kasaragod.

Money for project

• Railway share- Rs 2150 crore
• Railway Land- Rs 975 crore
• State share - Rs 3252.56 crore
• Public Share- Rs 4251.71 crore
• Foreign loan- Rs 33,699.80 crore.