City residents hope for solutions to long-standing problems from CM
The Hindu
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s visit to the city on Monday has raised the expectations of the people that in his speech there will be announcements providing solutions to long-standing issues concerning
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s visit to the city on Monday has raised the expectations of the people that in his speech there will be announcements providing solutions to long-standing issues concerning civic administration.
His visit has also prompted activists like K. Kathirmathiyon to put forward a set of demands. In his appeal to the State Government, he said the first of several issues that the Chief Minister should address is giving building plan approval for additional construction for residents in added areas – 40 wards.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.