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KOCHI: The Kerala government has filed an appeal seeking a stay on an order restraining survey procedures on land related to the SilverLine project. The government stated that the single bench of the high court had passed the order without considering the arguments of the government and that the interim order of the single bench went beyond the issues under consideration in the petition of the complainants.

According to the government, the suspension of the social impact survey will delay the project, which will increase the cost of the project. The government also demanded that the single bench's direction to explain how the DPR was prepared should be avoided. The petitioners against SilverLine have not objected to the DPR of the project. The single bench's references regarding the DPR went beyond the scope of consideration of the petition. Under these circumstances, the government should not be forced to comply with the order to explain the DPR procedures, the appeal stated.