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• The much-awaited project gets underway as Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi lays the foundation stone | By Yentha .In his inaugural speech, Trivedi said that the Kanjikode factory, expected to be the best in the country would be a landmark project for both Kerala and the Indian Railways. Union Minister K H Muniyappa, State Minister Aryadan Muhammad and legislators and MPs from Kerala also attended the function, which was presided over by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. 
• The Chief Minister in his presidential address requested Trivedi for a separate  railway zone for Kerala. He also appealed for the support of the Indian railways for various railway projects underway in the state, such as the Kochi metro, high-speed rail corridor, MEMU trains and monorails in Trivandrum and Kozhikode.Palakkad: The Union Minister for Railways, Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the much-awaited Kanjikode Railway coach factory. Rs.555 crores  is being invested for the coach factory, which will manufacture high quality coaches for the Indian Railways. The factory will be equipped with the most modern technologies for coach manufacturing.
• The factory is a joint venture by the Central and State Governments with the cooperation of public and private investments. The factory will produce low weight aluminum coaches. 400 coaches will be manufactured in the factory in the first phase. Later, the capacity will be increased to 600 coaches. Earlier a 12,000 crore project was planned for the factory; however, it was later reduced to a 550 crore project. At one point, the project was at stake when land acquisition lagged for a long time.

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