Casualty units for 10 hospitals

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 6. The Cabinet has decided to set up casualty units in 10 Government hospitals, the Chief Minister, Mr. E.K. Nayanar, said.

Briefing mediapersons after a Cabinet meeting here today, the Chief Minister said the hospitals were the Women and Children hospitals at Kozhikode and Alappuzha, the Victoria Hospital, Kollam, the Taluk hospitals at Neyyattinkara, Ernakulam and Alathur and the Government hospitals at Pathanamthitta, Kunnamkulam, Aluwa and Ottapalam. Posts of four medical officers would be created in each of the hospitals.

The Law Minister, Mr. E. Chandrasekharan Nair, who was also present, said the Cabinet had decided on redeployment of 2,145 engineers and 1,302 clerks in Government service to the local bodies. The Cabinet sub-committee, which had considered a proposal to redeploy 4,388 engineers, had decided to reduce their the number.

Mr. Nayanar said the committee constituted to conduct a detailed study on depletion of water in the Bharatappuzha would be reconstituted with the Dr. M.R. Das (chairman of State Committee on Science, Technology and Environment) as chairman. The Chief Engineer (Irrigation and Administration) will be the convener. The executive director of the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management and retired Chief Engineer, Mr. T.N.N. Bhattathiripad, would be members of the committee. The committee would submit its report in three months.

It approved the agreement proposed to be signed between the State Electricity Board and the International Centre of Small Hydroelectric Power for import of four generators for small hydroelectric projects in the State and for engineering and design consultancy. It decided to appoint Mr. Sukumar Oommen as chairman of the Board.

Mr. Raju Narayana Swamy would be posted as State Coordinator of Quality Improvement in School Education. Mr. A. R. Muraleedharan would be posted as Director of Youth Welfare and Sports and Mr. P. S. Enos as Director of Employment and Training. Mr. A. Meeran Sahib would be promoted as Director of Economics and Statistics. The term of the Director of Institute of Management in Government, Mr. G. Balamohan Thampi, would be extended by a year.

It approved the proposal to issue title deeds to residents of the Sulaiman and Sree Chitra colonies in Thiruvananthapuram city subject to the satisfaction of the Collector that the land would not be needed for the development of the Thiruvananthapuram airport. It approved the State Housing Board's proposal to grant selection grades to its stenographers and typists with retrospective effect.

Replying to questions about the High Court order banning hartals, the Chief Minister said political parties would have to look for other means of protest. The Government would not be going on appeal against the verdict as it was political parties which organised hartals. It was up to political parties to go on appeal.

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