Bulk of CSML projects to get over by December
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May 09, 2021 23:37 IST
Upgradation of roads to cost ₹300 crore, the biggest component of ₹1,000 crore allotted to the agency
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Several CSML works in the city hub are running behind schedule. A scene from Banerjee Road in Kochi. | Photo Credit:
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Upgradation of roads to cost ₹300 crore, the biggest component of ₹1,000 crore allotted to the agency
Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) has set December as the revised deadline to complete its pending projects in the city and West Kochi, except the ₹100-crore project to reconstruct the Ernakulam Market. Of them, resurfacing of roads and corridors that are being upgraded as smart roads will be completed by May-end, before the monsoon begins, the agency’s Chief Executive Officer Jafar Malik said.
KMTA badly in need of funds, personnel
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Treasury issues standing in the way of utilising the meagre funds allocated by govt.
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A view of the Vyttila Junction in Kochi. The Kerala Metropolitan Transport Authority Transport Authority (KMTA) was constituted in November 2020 to usher in improvement in commuting in the Greater-Kochi area.
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Treasury issues standing in the way of utilising the meagre funds allocated by govt.
The Kerala Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA), the first agency of its kind in India to have full-fledged legislative backing and was constituted in November 2020 to usher in qualitative and quantitative improvement in commuting in the Greater-Kochi area, has been hamstrung due to non-allocation of adequate personnel and funds by the Finance Department.
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Cleaning of Kochi canals to pick up pace after polls
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Agreement yet to be inked with contractors for large canals
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Agreement yet to be inked with contractors for large canals Canal cleaning in the city to avoid waterlogging during the monsoon will pick up pace after the polls, according to Kochi Corporation authorities.
After having been hauled up by the High Court for stalling pre-monsoon canal cleaning in the city citing the model code of conduct, the Corporation will soon begin cleaning the large canals.
The tender process for drain cleaning in some divisions is complete and work has begun, while an agreement is yet to be inked with contractors for large canals such as the Thevara-Perandoor and Rameswaram-Kalvathy canals.