Review meeting weighs hurdles blocking Thiruvananthapuram Corporation’s Smart City project
The Hindu
Three major issues become focus of discussion chaired by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
The hurdles hampering the progress of three major projects under the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation's Smart City project became the focus of discussion in a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday. According to Corporation sources, one of the major issues is the redevelopment of Rajaji Nagar that mandate shifting the residents to temporary rehabilitation centres.Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.