The Hindu 21.01.2014
Thrissur to be made hunger-free: Mayor
The Thrissur Corporation will implement a project to make the city hunger-free, Mayor Rajan Pallan has said.
The
project will be implemented with the support of voluntary agencies.
“The project will not put the corporation to a lot of expenses. The
corporation will provide the space for distributing food. It is yet to
be identified,” he told reporters here on Monday.
He said the project would benefit those who roam the streets, starving.
“They
will be given lunch. They will have to eat the food where it is
distributed. To prevent accumulation of waste, they will not be allowed
to take the food elsewhere,” he said.
A slew of
people-friendly projects were being drawn up. “The projects initiated by
former Mayor I. P. Paul will be completed in a time-bound manner.
People’s participation and transparency in administration will be
ensured.”
He stated that he would be highly
accessible to people. “Facilities will be made on the ground floor of
the corporation office for senior citizens and the physically challenged
to meet the Mayor. Arrangements will be made to receive complaints
through residents’ associations,” he said.
Mr. Pallan
said that he would assign high priority to schemes for widening the
railway overbridge, solving bottlenecks on Pattalam road, widening the
East Fort junction and developing the West Fort.
“A
mobile unit would be started for road works. Pension adalats will be
held,” he said. There were no easy solutions to the waste management
problems in the city.
“Waste cannot be dumped forcibly at Lalur. At the same time, solutions need to be found to the problem,” he said.
