Pious Albi Kalluveetil, panchayat member, said.
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KOCHI: Though the finance minister allocated Rs100 crore in the state budget for constructing seawall in many coastal areas, including the Cherthala – Chellanam stretch, it failed to satisfy the residents of Chellanam who have borne the brunt of sea erosion year after year. According to them, the funds allocated in the earlier budgets were not utilised properly.
“ We are pleased that the government has allocated Rs 100 crore in the budget. But we give more importance to the project worth Rs 16 crore for maintenance of the seawall and erecting geo-tubes. It has to be completed before the next sea erosion occurs,” said Jimson, activist and a resident of Bazar, adding, projects which have already received administrative sanction are yet to take off.