'Canal walk project will be implemented'

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 18. The Government will implement the canal walk project without causing any inconvenience to the public, the KPCC president, Mr. K. Muraleedharan, MP, has said.

Inaugurating a dharna of UDF councillors in front of the corporation office today against the alleged corruption and extravagance of the council, Mr. Muraleedharan said that unlike the LDF Government which unilaterally decided schemes, the UDF Government would take into account the views of the public and people's representatives before implementing developmental projects.

Mr. Muraleedharan accused the corporation of reducing the city into a refuse heap. The corporation should have considered the problems and sentiments of the people of Vilappilsala before planning the garbage treatment plant. The Mayor would have to reconsider the decision stalling the development works in the wards represented by UDF councillors, he said.

Mr. V.S. Sivakumar, MP, accused the Mayor of unilaterally implementing development schemes. The Leader of the Opposition in the council, Mr. K. Maheswaran Nair, Mr. K. Mohan Kumar and Mr. N. Sakthan Nadar, both MLAs, the DCC vice-president, Mr. Peethambara Kurup, and the councillor, Mr. Thampanoor Satish, were among those who addressed the dharna.

Repeal canal walk: LDF

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 18. The former Speaker, Mr. M. Vijayakumar, has demanded that the Government repeal the notification on the canal walk project.

Inaugurating a dharna organised by the LDF councillors in the corporation in front of the Secretariat today, Mr. Vijayakumar accused the UDF Government of infringing on the powers of the corporation.

The powers for freezing transactions of land for construction are vested with the Chief Town Planner and the development authority. By intervening in the process, the Government infringed on the powers of the city corporation too.

The Union Rural Development Minister, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, had lauded the LDF Government in the presence of the Chief Minister, Mr. A.K. Antony, for efficiently implementation the People's Plan Campaign schemes, he said.

The CPI district secretary, Mr. N. Aravindan, the CPI(M) district secretary, Mr. M. Satyanesan, the former Mayor, Mr. V. Sivankutty, and the RSP leader, Mr. Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair, were among those who addressed the dharna. The councillors took out a demonstration from the Martyrs' Column before the dharna.

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