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The Corporation Council on Tuesday urged the Government to drop the move to shift the proposed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) from Thiruvananthapuram to Kochi.
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) benches alleged that the Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, was torpedoing the development of the capital city to suit vested interests.
Moving a resolution on the issue, the chairman of the works standing committee, V.S. Padmakumar, said the proposal to upgrade Thiruvananthapuram Engineering College as an IIT was submitted to the Centre during the tenure of the former Chief Minister A.K. Antony.
He alleged that the Oommen Chandy Government had recommended Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) for the project. A team from the Human Resource Ministry is visiting CUSAT next week to assess its suitability, he said.
The LDF councillors alleged that the Government was sidelining the capital city and turning a blind eye to its development needs. They said several major projects earmarked for the capital had either been dumped or diverted to Kochi under pressure from powerful lobbies.
The UDF councillors hit back, saying that the previous LDF Government could not evade responsibility for much of the development problems faced by the capital city.
The UDF leader D. Sudarsanan said the roads improvement scheme and the construction of a civil station demonstrated the Oommen Chandy Government`s commitment to the electorate in the city. The Mayor, J. Chandra, urged the Government to establish the IIT in Thiruvananthapuram. The resolution was adopted unanimously.
The Mayor told the meeting that all the drains and gutters in the city would be desilted before the onset of the South-West monsoon.
The health circles would be directed to deploy workers on special assignment for the work.
Several councillors blamed Government officials for the tardy progress of projects implemented by various government agencies.
The Mudavanamugal ward member, K. Rajasekharan Nair, said work on the Thrikkannapuram water supply scheme had ground to a halt.
The Mayor assured the council that monitoring of deposit schemes would be stepped up.
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