A meeting of the District Development Committee (DDC) held on Saturday decided to conduct on-site inspection of the fitness certificates issued this academic year to all school buildings in the district.
The inspections will be carried out by a team comprising engineers from local self-government institutions and officials from the Education department, starting Monday. The meeting, chaired by District Collector Alex Varghese, directed that the inspections be completed by Wednesday and a report submitted to the Collector. The issue regarding the fitness of school buildings was raised by H. Salam, MLA, at the meeting.
P.P. Chitharanjan, MLA, and Mr. Salam requested that a meeting be convened at the Collector’s chamber to decide whether sculpture of the Matsya Kanyaka should be relocated or rebuilt as part of the reconstruction of the District Court bridge in Alappuzha town. The MLAs also demanded that the bridge construction work be expedited.
The MLAs urged National Highway Authority of India officials to take immediate action to address the waterlogging caused by rain on the National Highway 66 and in nearby residential areas.
Kuttanad MLA Thomas K. Thomas urged officials to take necessary steps to expedite the completion of the Kuttanad Drinking Water Project, being implemented with funding from the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board across 13 grama panchayats in Kuttanad taluk. Mr. Thomas informed the meeting that the construction of Family Health Centre at Neelamperoor had been completed and that it would be inaugurated soon.
Published – July 27, 2025 05:37 pm IST