Thiruvananthapuram, February 24: The railway budget presented by Mamata Banerjee did not rise to the expectations of Kerala, state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Vijayakumar said today.
Reacting to the budget, Vijayakumar, in charge of railway development in state, said many of the proposals announced last year had not yet been implemented and the state was worried about the fate of the new schemes announced.
The budget had not set apart any funds for the proposed coach factory at Palakkad. Kerala was also not covered under the dedicated freight corridor. There was no proposal for new trains to Bangalore. The benefits of Konkan railway could not be utilised by the state due to lack of services, he said.
Vijayakumar also said there was no mention in the budget of the long-pending demand for a separate railway zone in the state.
–Agencies