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TN monorail lands in web of controversies DMRC chief E Sreedharan terms the project as 'most unfortunate'; PMK, DMK, Congress up in arms JOSEPH VACKAYIL <The HC raised several questions relating to the feasibility and environmental impact of the project. It wanted to know whether the monorail was railway or tramway. If it is railway, the state could not take it up legally. If a tramway, it has to be restricted to only the Chennai municipal area. However, the government proposal goes beyond the municipal limits. ... He argues that according to the 10th Plan document, for a population of five million people and above, a city needs to have metro rail system and not monorail. "Monorail can be operated only for short distances and not the distance being planned by the state government," he adds. >