Review meeting highlights progress of major development projects in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram: A regional review meeting led by chief minister
Pinarayi Vijayan
was held on Thursday to strengthen development and welfare activities. The current status of the activities was analysed and suggestions for achieving comprehensive development were proposed during the meeting.
Seven major projects were evaluated, including Life Mission, local road renovation project,
extreme poverty eradication project
, Aardram, Vidyakiranam, Waste-Free Kerala and Haritha Keralam Mission.
According to the meeting, in Thiruvananthapuram district, more than 1 lakh families are eligible for the
Life Mission project
. Among these 55,903 houses were completed and the officials reported that they expect to complete 80.11% houses by Aug. The local road renovation project has listed 328 roads, with technical approval granted for 220 roads.
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he extreme poverty eradication project in the state capital includes 7,278 families, with 5,493 families (79%) successfully lifted out of poverty. The number is expected to increase to 6,210 (85%) within the next three months. Under the project, 196 out of 352 families that only required a house have been provided with one. Additionally, 81 out of 380 families needing both land and a house have been accommodated.
Housing renovation for 294 out of 524 families has been completed, with the goal to complete all by Aug, the officials said.
Under the Vidyakiranam project, infrastructure development has been completed in 47 schools. Construction is ongoing in 79 schools. The comprehensive quality education project is being implemented in 1,000 schools in the district.
The meeting also analysed the doorstep garbage collection rate in the district, which is currently at 80.84%.
The meeting also discussed the Amayizhanjan canal renovation and the double chamber incinerator project in Varkala which is expected to be commissioned by May 31.
As per the meeting, under the Haritha Keralam Mission, 22 local self-govt institutions in the district have published water budgets (availability and usage in a specific area). So far, 511 mini green islands have been established. The district has 12 tourist centres and 94 towns declared as green. Mapping and data collection of the 33-km stretch of the Thottiyar in Pothencode has been completed, the meeting stated.
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