The consecutive second term for the LDF government in Kerala provides a rare opportunity for continuity in policy and a chance to complete the agenda for transforming the economic base of the state. There is a growing realisation that the redistributive strategy of development had reached a dead end and could be further pursued only by rapidly modernising the base into a high productivity knowledge-skill-service based economy that will generate quality jobs for educated unemployed youth.
The redistributive strategy of development has ensured a much higher quality of life and welfare to the people in the state. In the SDG achievement ranking, Kerala tops in India with a score of 70. In the world ranking, while India is way below at 117, Kerala’s score would give it a rank equivalent to 73. The state is poised to reach the SDG goals by 2030 in most of the sectors, particularly in health, education, hunger and poverty. Kerala can now put forth the agenda to eradicate absolute poverty
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The Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) and the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) will shortly take a call on whether to widen the Thammanam-Pullepady road and extend it to M.G. Road and the NH Bypass on either side at 22 metres width as was envisaged or develop it as a 23-metre-wide corridor as per KIIFB norms.
A decision on width will reflect in the detailed project report (DPR), which is expected to be readied by the project preparation unit by June. The Kochi Corporation, which initiated the road development work over two decades ago, and subsequently the PWD, which had readied plans to take over the stretch from the civic body, had drawn up plans to limit the width of the four-lane road that was envisaged to 22 metres.
Project gets recommendation from bodies concerned, including Dept of Expenditure under MoF
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As much as 1,383 hectares of land have to be acquired for the project for which around Rs 13,000 crore is required.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ambitious Silverline, semi high-speed rail project billed as the game-changer in Kerala’s infrastructure as well as economic growth, has moved an inch closer to reality with Railway Ministry and NITI Aayog - the government’s apex think tank - according sanction to the project. The project has received recommendation from bodies concerned, including Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance.
Will take forward projects initiated by Swaraj, says Babu
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Addressing drinking water shortage among his top priorities
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Addressing drinking water shortage among his top priorities
Returning as a people’s representative after being in the political wilderness for five years, K. Babu, who defeated incumbent M. Swaraj of the Left Democratic Front in a closely-fought electoral battle in Thripunithura Assembly constituency, remains confident of picking up the threads of development from where he had left it.
Addressing drinking water shortage and implementing infrastructural projects figure prominently among his priorities. Mr. Babu had represented the constituency for five successive terms since 1991 before his run was disrupted in 2016 when he was under the cloud of bar bribery scam.
Anwar Sadath The completion of pending projects figured top among the developmental priorities of the newly elected MLAs of Aluva, Angamaly and Perumbavoor.
For Roji M. John, who won Angamaly for the second consecutive time, the primary focus will be on the timely completion of the Angamaly bypass project. “Funds have been allocated under the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). The land acquisition procedures have started,” he said. On the Kalady bridge project, Mr. John said it would also figure among the priority projects. “The final proposal is ready. It will have to go through the necessary approvals,” he said.