Drop in budgetary allocation may affect project implementation, says Ernakulam district panchayat president
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Ullas Thomas says local body trying to cope with impact of pandemic, floods
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Ullas Thomas says local body trying to cope with impact of pandemic, floods District panchayat president Ullas Thomas has said that a sharp drop in the State’s budgetary allocation for the district panchayat will make the implementation of some projects difficult during the new financial year.
The district panchayat has been trying to cope with the impact of the pandemic and two years of consecutive floods. The pandemic and the floods had resulted in the loss of livelihood for thousands of people in the district, he said.
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With both eyes clearly on the upcoming assembly election, Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac on Friday unveiled goodies for almost all segments – from farmers to the unemployed, NRIs to government employees, and pensioners to the poor – in the final and sixth budget of the Left Front government. In the last ball of his innings, Isaac has indeed hit a six, but it remains to be seen if this is enough to help his party win the match.
While Isaac gave his best, the generous doles have left financial experts wondering from where the money for the ambitious welfare programmes would come.
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.