Budget lays stress on use of new technologies to restore canals
The Rameswaram-Kalvathy canal has been included among the urban canals to be rejuvenated in the State under a special scheme proposed in the budget.
The budget document said urban canals had turned into carriers of sewage. New technologies need to be exploited to restore the canals to their original state along with ensuring the participation of local communities. Funds required for the project will be sourced from the World Bank-aided sanitation project, Kerala Infrastructure Investment Board (KIIFB), and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) project, it said.
The state Budget for 2021-22 will be presented in the Assembly on January 15, the Kerala government announced after a Cabinet meeting here on Friday. The Budget Session will begin on January 8. The Budget session the last one for the Pinarayi Vijayan government and the current Assembly as state elections are scheduled in May is likely to see much firework as the opposition will try to put the LDF government on the back foot on several issues. With Finance Minister Thomas Issac presenting his last Budget in this Assembly s term, expectations abound regarding new proposals and projects that the government has proclaimed its support for in the past.
Land acquisition for corridor project suffers delay
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PWD to issue requisition letter after KIIFB accords sanction for MG Road-NH stretch
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The development of the Padma Junction-Pullepady-Thammanam-Chakkaraparambu road is long overdue. A view of the Thammanam-Pullepady road, which forms part of the stretch, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ThulasiKakkat
PWD to issue requisition letter after KIIFB accords sanction for MG Road-NH stretch
Close on the heels of the district administration submitting before the Kerala High Court that land acquisition to widen the long-overdue 3.75-km-long Padma Junction-Pullepady-Thammanam-Chakkaraparambu road can be carried out only after the PWD (Roads Wing) submits its requisition letter, PWD sources said the letter would be ready only after the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Board (KIIFB) vetted the project’s DPR and accorded financial sanction.
Kerala state Finance minister and senior leader of the CPM, Dr TM Thomas Issac has said that there is nothing to be ashamed of in appearing before the ethics committee of the Kerala legislative assembly. While appearing before the ethics committee of the assembly, he said that he has not done any breach of privilege by disclosing the contents of the Comptroller and Accountant General ( CAG) on Kerala Infrastructure Investment Board( KIIFB) before it was tabled in the house. Issac, while speaking to media, said: I have appeared before the ethics committee of the house and have deposed that there has been no breach of privilege in disclosing the contents of the CAG report before it was tabled in the house .
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Congress mayor candidate loses to BJP by 1 vote, blames EVM
Congress mayoral candidate N Venugopal has lost to the BJP candidate by one vote, in the Kochi Corporation North Island ward in the state s local body elections. It was a sure seat. I can t say what happened. There was no problem in the party. There was a problem with the voting machine. That may be the reason for BJP s victory, Venugopal said. I have not decided to go to court with the voting machine issue so far. Will check what happened exactly, he added.