Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has claimed that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government is trying to create a new form of governance through the regional-level development review meetings.
He was speaking at the meeting covering Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasaragod and Wayanad districts, held in Kozhikode on Thursday. Mr. Vijayan said that similar meetings would be held again after an interval.
The Chief Minister said that 400 ineligible beneficiaries were found on the list of people in extreme poverty in Kasaragod district. This was revealed during the cross-checking of the initial list. Initial phase of works to set up an Ayurveda research institute at Kalliad in Kannur district would be completed by January. Once completed, it would become an asset to the State. The complaint that people belonging to the Scheduled Tribes category were found to have been getting ₹2 lakh less while implementing the LIFE Mission project was a serious one. Corrections would be made in the procedures. Local bodies should focus more on ‘Manassodithiri Mannu’ scheme to donate land for the landless. District Collectors should look into the complaint that Coastal Zone Regulation rules were coming in the way of approving development projects. Projects of the Jal Jeevan Mission were not being implemented properly in the Malabar region. Land should be acquired and new canals built to set up new water ways in Kannur and Kasaragod districts.
