Kottayam has become the first district in the State to alleviate extreme poverty, Cooperation Minister V.N. Vasavan has said.
Inaugurating a taluk-level adalat, organised in connection with the second anniversary of the Left Democratic Front government, in Kottayam on Tuesday, Mr.Vasavan said 780 out of the 900 items listed in the election manifesto of the present government were being implemented.
Measures were taken to resolve problems and the government is trying to reach out to the people and find solutions to their problems, he added.