Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that Kerala had been denied ₹332 crore, that was to be received in November. However, the Central government has not made it clear on what grounds the cut had been effected. Kerala, a consumer State, was not receiving its due compensation, he said, at the Navakerala Sadas, organised at Government Higher Secondary School, Perumbavoor, on Sunday.
He said the State government had paid the National Highways Authority of India ₹5,854 crore for land acquisition. The Centre wanted to reduce that amount from the loan limit that the State could avail, he said.
A total of 5,000 representations were received at the Navakerala Sadas organised in Perumbavoor constituency. The organisers said 26 counters were set up to receive representations. There were special counters for women and differently abled persons. The representations were received three hours before the Sadas began. They said the representations would be handed over to the officials concerned and acted upon in a time-bound manner.
