42 acre land identified to rehabilitate Kodagu distressed people: UT Khader
Madikeri, August 23: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that the district administration has identified around 42 acres of land in Madikeri and Somawarpete to rehabilitate the affected people in the natural disaster in the district.
Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, he said that the government would construct the houses using modern technology on war footing. Total 42 acres of land was identified at K Nidugane, 1st Monnangeri and Karnangeri in Madikeri taluk, and Takeri village in Somawarpete taluk. Details were being sought from each gram panchayat on available land. In coming days, the sites would be identified and houses would be constructed for the affected people. In order to identify the available land for this purpose, the government has appointed MK Jagadeesh as special additional deputy commissioner, he said.
“Magic cannot be done overnight. But the government has decided to construct the houses and develop the sites for the distressed people in shortest possible time. In order to avoid such natural disasters in future, a policy would be implemented against constructing house on hills. The government has decided to enact the Building Construction Act”, he said.
It is a testing time for the state government to handle the situation in Kodagu. But the government was committed to execute the decision. The government was for the people and it would not hesitate to spend whatever the amount it required, he added.
Deputy Commissioner Srividya and State Revenue department secretary Anbudas were present.
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Kerala leader M A Baby elected CPIM general secretary
Madurai(PTI): Former Kerala minister M A Baby was elected as the CPI(M) general secretary at the 24th party congress here on Sunday, sources said.
A section of the party leaders had backed All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) president Ashok Dhawale for the post.
Born to P M Alexander and Lilly Alexander in Kerala's Prakkulam in 1954, Baby's first exposure to politics came when he joined the Kerala Students Federation, the predecessor of the Students Federation of India, during his school days.
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1998.
Baby has been a member of the Politburo, the highest decision-making body of the CPI(M), since 2012.
The post of the party general secretary fell vacant following the death of Sitaram Yechury last year, after which Prakash Karat took over as the interim coordinator.
The 24th party congress of the CPI(M) began on April 2 and will end on Sunday.
