19 Kerala MLAs homeless when House session begins
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Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the eyes of everybody, they’re a privileged lot elected by the folks to be their voice within the state meeting. But at any time when the House is convened, 19 MLAs, certainly one of them a minister, discover it troublesome to get a correct dwelling within the state capital! Many instances, they’re compelled to squeeze themselves into teams in cramped rooms. This has been taking place for 2 years now.
The legislators, belonging to each the ruling LDF and opposition UDF, had been earlier accommodated at MLA hostel’s Pamba block which was demolished for renovation two years in the past.
Among the displaced MLAs is Saji Cherian, who was reinducted into the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet solely not too long ago.
He has been allotted a ministerial mansion, however since restore work is occurring there, he continues to remain within the MLA lodging.
Pamba block development to start out by April: Speaker
The Legislature Secretariat had earlier taken 19 flats for lease at Killipalam for these MLAs. But because the lodging didn’t meet the expectations, they shifted to one-room flats on the Nila block, which function office-cum-bedroom for the MLA and his private assistant. Two cots, a desk and a few chairs are cramped in a single room in such a setup.
The Legislature Secretariat has marketed in newspapers looking for 19 flats for lease. “We are trying to get 19 apartments within the city, either furnished or non-furnished at Rs 25,000 per month,” mentioned a high official.
The decades-old Pamba block was demolished to assemble a brand new 12-storey constructing with 65 flats at an estimated value of Rs 80 crore.
It’s anticipated to be accomplished inside 18 months as soon as the tender is awarded. The e-tender inviting potential builders to take up the contract beneath Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) mannequin will likely be opened on Wednesday.
Speaker A N Shamseer advised TNIE that development of the Pamba block will begin by April. “There were some tech issues but things have now fallen into place. The CM himself is monitoring the procedure. This is for the first time in the history of the PWD that EPC model is being followed up.”
THE WAIT CONTINUES
The decades-old Pamba block was demolished to assemble a brand new 12-storey constructing with 65 flats at an estimated value of Rs 80 crore. It’s anticipated to be accomplished inside 18 months as soon as the tender is awarded
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the eyes of everybody, they’re a privileged lot elected by the folks to be their voice within the state meeting. But at any time when the House is convened, 19 MLAs, certainly one of them a minister, discover it troublesome to get a correct dwelling within the state capital! Many instances, they’re compelled to squeeze themselves into teams in cramped rooms. This has been taking place for 2 years now.
The legislators, belonging to each the ruling LDF and opposition UDF, had been earlier accommodated at MLA hostel’s Pamba block which was demolished for renovation two years in the past.
Among the displaced MLAs is Saji Cherian, who was reinducted into the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet solely not too long ago. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
He has been allotted a ministerial mansion, however since restore work is occurring there, he continues to remain within the MLA lodging.
Pamba block development to start out by April: Speaker
The Legislature Secretariat had earlier taken 19 flats for lease at Killipalam for these MLAs. But because the lodging didn’t meet the expectations, they shifted to one-room flats on the Nila block, which function office-cum-bedroom for the MLA and his private assistant. Two cots, a desk and a few chairs are cramped in a single room in such a setup.
The Legislature Secretariat has marketed in newspapers looking for 19 flats for lease. “We are trying to get 19 apartments within the city, either furnished or non-furnished at Rs 25,000 per month,” mentioned a high official.
The decades-old Pamba block was demolished to assemble a brand new 12-storey constructing with 65 flats at an estimated value of Rs 80 crore.
It’s anticipated to be accomplished inside 18 months as soon as the tender is awarded. The e-tender inviting potential builders to take up the contract beneath Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) mannequin will likely be opened on Wednesday.
Speaker A N Shamseer advised TNIE that development of the Pamba block will begin by April. “There were some tech issues but things have now fallen into place. The CM himself is monitoring the procedure. This is for the first time in the history of the PWD that EPC model is being followed up.”
THE WAIT CONTINUES
The decades-old Pamba block was demolished to assemble a brand new 12-storey constructing with 65 flats at an estimated value of Rs 80 crore. It’s anticipated to be accomplished inside 18 months as soon as the tender is awarded
