Saturday, June 20, 2009

 

Kerala Cabinet waves for Kochi metro

Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, January 20, 2009: The Cabinet today decided to go ahead with the proposed Rs.3,048-crore Kochi metro rail project on the lines of the Delhi metro. It will be Central and State Government joint project. An office for this purpose would be opened in Kochi soon. Already an amount of 50 lakhs have been sanctioned for this informed chief Minister VS Achuthanandan.

Last week CPM had demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention for the speedy approval to the Kochi Metro Rail Project in Kerala on the basis of the funding pattern suggested by the state government

The project will cover a 26-km stretch between Tripunithura and Aluva and is expected to be completed in three years.

Kozhikode district collector KP Jayathilak has been appointed as the special officer for National Games. Usha Titus will be the new Land Revenue Commissioner.
441 hectres of land will be acquired for Kannur Airport; cabinet has agreed to the cost of the land, informed Chief Minister.

A committee comprising ministers has been authorised to study the report submitted by Centre for Development Studies on the impact of Global melt down in Kerala.

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