AJ: ISRO chairman G.Madhavan Nair said they are satisfied with
the land allotted by the government for starting the space institute. In the letter to the government, Nair said that if any kind of legal problems exists, they should solve it. He said that the 100 acres earmarked for the space institute was part of the Ponmudi Tea and Rubber Estate returned to the government in 1968. The estate has been under the possession of the Revenue Department since then.
The government has decided to give 127.6 acres of land near Kambimoodu adjacent to Ponmudi Guest House and 30 acres of land of upper sanitorium. The revenue department has measured
and estimated the plot.
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AJ: The government offered 100 acres of land free-of-cost close to the Ponmudi, a hill station in the district, to the space agency. Chief Minister
V S Achuthanandan briefing his weekly cabinet meeting denied reports in
a section of media that the proposed land at Thennur village was forest land. "There is no dispute over the land. It comes under the revenue department and not at the disposal of the forest department," he said when his attention was drawn to reports that divisional forest officer in charge of
the area had raised objections to the transfer of the land. The CM say, there has never been any dispute between ISRO and the state government. The development of the national highway will be implemented on BoT basis, said Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. He said the cabinet has granted permission for Kerala to sign the supporting contract.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told that community policing will come to existence next January to lessen the burden of policemen who are on duty in stations. He said that,plan to introduce this concept of policing in at least one place in each of the 14 districts. Policemen will be trained for this next month and detailed talks will be held with elected representatives in December to ensure that it is smoothly implemented by January, the minister told reporters after a meeting with police officials. Kodiyeri said that police stations would now conduct speedy verifications before issuing passports instead of the special branch department.
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