In perhaps a first for a local self-government body in Kerala, the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation will be setting up a planning cell on the lines of the State Planning Board for better formulation of projects across various sectors.
Currently, there is a planning wing only for projects under the People's Plan, while there is a project secretariat that chalks out plans exclusively for the health wing. A proposal regarding the planning cell is expected to come up for the Corporation council's approval at the next meeting.
The major aims of the planning cell would include data collection, documentation and planning. According to Corporation officials, documentation is an area in which the civic body is lagging behind, due to which there are no points of reference at times regarding various city-related data or information on past projects, especially if the officials who handled the same are no longer in service.
