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Achuthanandan to inaugurate Lakshamveedu scheme
KOLLAM
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will reportedly launch the State-level M.N. Lakshamveedu Renovation Scheme at Chidara on Tuesday. A function in this connection will be presided over by Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran.Under the scheme, duplex houses in the Lakshamveedu colonies will be bifurcated into single houses. The scheme is being implemented under the leadership of the district panchayat.
Panchayat president K. Somaprasad said that the aim was to complete the scheme within a year. The expense of the scheme would be met from the funds of the three-tier local bodies, municipal corporation and the MPs and MLAs. In Kollam district, 588 duplex houses would be bifurcated. The allocation for one house in the general category was Rs.50,000.
For the Scheduled Community category, the allocation was Rs.75,000 per house. Ministers Benoy Viswom, M.A. Baby and N.K. Premachandran would address the gathering.
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