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.
Water Resources Minister Roshi Augustin presided over the event .District Panchayat President K.V. Bindu, District Collector P.K. Jayashree and others spoke on the occasion.
The taluk-level adalat at Changanassery will be held tomorrow while the event at Kanjirapalli will be held on May 6. Adalat at the Meenachil taluk is on May 8 while the event at Vaikom will be held the next day.
Meanwhile in Pathanamthitta, Health Minister Veena George led the taluk-level adalat for Kozhecherry on Tuesday. Of the 265 petitions received during the event, 65 were disposed of while action on the remaining complaints will be taken within 15-days.
Of the total complaints received, 133 pertained to local self-governing bodies while 82 complaints were related to the Revenue department.
