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Even arsenic the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation faces disapproval implicit non-functioning thoroughfare lights successful assorted parts of the superior city, V.V.Rajesh sought to spot the blasted astatine the doorstep of assorted State authorities agencies.
Addressing a property league present connected Monday, helium said that a bulk of the non-functioning lights are being maintained by agencies specified arsenic the Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) oregon the Tourism department. However, helium admitted that immoderate of the streetlights maintained by the Corporation besides person not been functioning. Mr.Rajesh said that the Corporation maintains astir 97,000 streetlights, portion the KRFB maintains astir 2,000 streetlights, particularly the lights enactment up connected the medians of the main roadworthy from Vazhayila to Vellayambalam, the Vellayambalam-Thampanoor astute roadworthy arsenic good arsenic the roadworthy from airdrome to Palayam. Some of the lights maintained by the Tourism section adjacent the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple and astatine the Shanghumukhom Beach are besides not working, “The Corporation’s streetlights are maintained by 3 companies arsenic per a declaration signed by the erstwhile administration. According to the presumption of the contract, a good tin beryllium imposed connected the companies if immoderate airy remains non-functioning for much than 48 hours. We recognize that determination person been failures successful immoderate places. Last day, we had a gathering with the monitoring squad and sought the details of the streetlights which remained non-functional for implicit 48 hours,” said Mr.Rajesh. When asked astir the drinking h2o situation successful respective areas successful the city, helium said that the large work lies with the Kerala Water Authority (KWA). The Corporation has been moving wrong its limitations and utilizing its ain funds to present drinking h2o successful h2o tankers. Only a associated inaugural of the Union and State governments tin find a imperishable solution to the issue, helium said. Regarding discarded absorption issues and pre-monsoon cleaning activities, helium said that lone 20-30% of the drains successful the metropolis are afloat nether the Corporation’s control, portion the remainder are with the assorted departments. The Corporation had taken steps to allocate capable funds to the wards up of the Assembly elections. He lashed retired astatine General Education Minister V.Sivankutty, who had connected Sunday accused the Corporation of failing successful its discarded absorption responsibilities. Mr.Rajesh said that Mr.Sivankutty oregon the Left Democratic Front had failed to find a lasting solution for discarded absorption issues successful the metropolis contempt being successful positions of powerfulness for respective years.
