Call to reorient GCDA for sustainable development of Kochi and suburbs
The Hindu
The agency had drawn considerable flak for non-starter and incomplete projects
With K. Chandran Pillai set to take over as the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) Chairman, demand is rife that the agency, which drew considerable flak during the past two decades for a long list of non-starter or incomplete projects, be reoriented to be a potent and effective body that will make optimal use of its skilled workforce for sustainable development of the city and its suburbs.
The GCDA and the Trivandrum Development Authority (TRIDA) were hitherto more into town planning. The 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution resulted in much of these powers being vested with the respective municipal corporations.
The role of such authorities were redefined in the Kerala Town and Country Planning Act, 2016. The transformation has not taken place so far, although the GCDA has many professionally qualified employees, unlike in the Kochi Corporation, which does not even have a full-fledged engineering and mechanical wing, sources in the authority said.
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