The Hindu 28.06.2013
Clearance for civic projects
Local bodies have won clearance for 1,97,105 projects
worth Rs.9,920.58 crore for the current financial year, Panchayat
Minister M.K. Muneer has said.
Dr. Muneer said in a
release here on Thursday that this included projects worth Rs.1,141.89
crore in the productive sector, Rs.5,002.77 crore in the service sector
and Rs.3,776.12 crore in the infrastructure development sector. Projects
worth Rs.9,057.68 crore were submitted for approval in 2012-13. There
was an increase of Rs.864 crore this year. Thiruvananthapuram
Corporation submitted 598 projects for Rs.171.03 crore, Kollam 784
projects for Rs.113.12 crore, Kochi 1,123 projects for Rs.131.91 crore,
Thrissur 597 projects for Rs.49.86 crore, and Kozhikode 1,351 projects
for Rs.129.71 crore.