CM asks local bodies to devise innovative projects
The Hindu
He inaugurates silver jubilee of local self-governance
At a time when COVID-19 has shaken the development tangent of the State, local self-governments are facing a bigger challenge of reviving the economy, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Opening the silver jubilee of local self-governance in the State, Mr.Vijayan urged the local bodies to come up with novel ideas and projects to survive COVID and highlighted the role of local efforts in combating the pandemic. Addressing the local bodies virtually from his office in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, the Chief Minister stated that the occasion should be a platform to form democratic methods for development to build a ‘new Kerala’.More Related News
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