CII team meets Kerala CM, seeks sustained reforms
February 05, 2021
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan×
Hails efforts by Govt on Covid-19 front The industrial fraternity in Kerala has conveyed to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that it looks forward to support from the government in the areas of amendment in land laws for promotion of industry and agriculture and commencement of coastal cargo service connecting minor ports in the State, among others.
It also pushed for expedited transfer of powers from the Local Self-Government Department to the Industries Department with respect to all the licensees and regulations, speedy implementation of policy/procedural /project announcements made in the last edition of ASCEND Kerala summit.
‘Govt. policy is to help RTC; ₹6,000 cr. given in 5 years’
The government has expressed willingness to form an independent society under it instead of floating a legally independent company, KSRTC-SWIFT, for operating long-distance buses under the proposed restructure of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
The offer to form the society was extended by Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac on Friday to win over the three recognised trade unions of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) that are opposing the formation of the independent company.
At the talks in the presence of Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran and KSRTC Chairman and Managing Director Biju Prabhakar in the Secretariat here, Dr. Isaac said the formation of the society was the alternative that the government could offer.
JP Nadda slams LDF,UDF, asks people to help Lotus bloom in Kerala
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Updated: Thursday, February 4, 2021, 22:38 [IST]
Thrissur (Ker), Feb 4: BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday hit out at the ruling Left front government and the Opposition Congress-led UDF in Kerala, saying both were corrupt and lacked vision and said it was time the people of the state allow them to rest and help the Lotusbloom.
The Pinarayi Vijayan government was non-performing and the law and order in the state had crumbled , he said. Also targeting the UDF, which is going all out to make the Sabarimala women entry issue a major poll plank in the elections likely to be held in April-May this year, Nadda said it back-stabbed the devotees. He claimed it was the saffronparty workers against whom all the cases were registered.
Konothupuzha, smothered by waste and weeds, awaits revival
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Cleaning of 17-km-long waterbody stalled due to paucity of funds
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Cleaning of 17-km-long waterbody stalled due to paucity of funds
The Konothupuzha river does not seem to be able to catch a break. The waterbody, smothered by waste and weeds, is a victim of long delays that have prevented projects to revive it from taking off.
Work on cleaning the 17-km-long waterbody began in August last year, and it witnessed an inauguration of sorts. But work came to a standstill a few weeks later, since funds had not been sanctioned, said an official of the Minor Irrigation Department. With a small amount that had been sanctioned for an excavator, work began on clearing some weeds, but the department is still awaiting additional funds, the official added.
Railway okays Vaduthala bridge alignment
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The Railway has accepted the revised alignment of the Vaduthala overbridge, Hibi Eden, MP, said.
The project had failed to take off despite funds being earmarked in the 2016-17 budget. Mr. Eden and T.J. Vinod, MLA, made efforts to overcome issues facing the project for which ₹47.50 crore was expected from the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB).
“The Railway suggested a few revisions in the detailed project report submitted by RBDCK [Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala], in view of the need to augment tracks. Subsequently, I convened a meeting of Railway and RBDCK officials in December 2020, wherein a revised project was finalised and submitted to the Railway. The bridge, which was a long-pending demand of residents of Pachalam, Vaduthala, and Chittoor, can be built if around an acre is acquired. It is also critical to ensure optimal use of the Pachalam bridge,” Mr.