CSML’s road, footpath renovation works to gather pace
The Hindu
Concern over encroachments on recently renovated footpaths
Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) will try to complete a bulk of its road and footpath/drain renovation works by December, barring smart road works in Fort Kochi and the renovation of Banerjee Road, which may take a few more months to get over, official sources said.
The agency had attributed the inordinate delay in completing the works to the pandemic situation and the termination of the services of a contracting firm which had been vested with executing smart road works in Fort Kochi. The firm was thereafter provided time till October end to complete the works, after it approached the High Court. Even then, it is unlikely that it will be able to complete smart road works in Fort Kochi, they added.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.