The Cabinet on Wednesday gave nod to an ambitious project to develop
22 new roads/flyovers in various parts of the state. Flyovers will be
built at Palarivattom, Vytilla and Kundanoor on the Edapally-Aroor
stretch of the National Highway and at Kalamaserry Apollo junction, as
part of the project.

The Cabinet also sanctioned Rs 5 crore to the
Horticulture Department for intervening in the open market to contain
the rise in prices of essential commodities. Fourteen ITI projects have
been earmarked for  private partnership and 87 posts have been created
for this purpose.

Posts of three professors, four associate
professors and 15 assistant professors have been approved for the
Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University. Pay of employees serving in
the Kerala Urban Development Finance Corporation will be revised. For
the Adyanpara small-scale hydro electric project,1.6 hectares of land
in   Chaliyar panchayat in Nilambur taluk will be handed over to the
KSEB .

The new roads listed are the four-laning of
Kazhakoottam-Kesavadasapuram road, bypass roads for Kollam, Alappuzha
and Kozhikode, renovation of Kanjikuzhy-Vettathukavaka-Karukachal road,
Chozhiyakode-Paruthumpara-FCI Pakkil-Mulakkuzha- Tiruvathukkal-Illikkal
road,outer ring roads in Pathanamthitta, Mannuthy-Amalanagar bypass
road, renovation of Thrissur-Kuttipuram road,
Thodupuzha-Kaliyar-Vannapuram-Chelachuvadu-Idukki parallel road,
Sulthanpetta-Palakkad town, Manjeri ring road, four-laning of
Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu road, Thalassery-Mahe-Valapattanam bypass,
alternate path to Thamarassery ghat road, Chowki-Vidyanagar bypass,
Edappal flyover, development of Pala river view road and the ambitious
hill highway from Nandarapadavu  to Kadukkara (Thiruvananthapuram).