The Hindu 07.06.2013
Pay revision for municipal staff likely
Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali has said that
the government is actively considering a proposal to revise the salaries
and benefits of municipal employees to the level of State government
employees.
At a press conference here on Thursday, he
said Kerala would constitute an ‘Apartments Regulatory Authority’
within two months to check real estate foul play and protect apartment
buyers.
The authority would be an institution under
the Central Act governing the subject, but the State government would
soon bring before the Assembly a Bill that would have provisions
covering the Kerala situation.
All-party meet
On
the danger posed by garbage problem in Thiruvananthapuram in the
context of the monsoon, the Minister said he would convene an all-party
meeting within a week to work out a solution.
He said
he was especially unhappy about the attitude of the Thiruvananthapuram
Corporation, which had been shirking its responsibility for long.
The
government had constituted an expert committee to propose appropriate
technology for tackling the garbage issue. The committee would give its
report before this month-end, he said.
