Rs.3.12 crore sanctioned during Mass Contact Programme

A total of Rs.3.12 crore has been sanctioned till the afternoon at the district leg Mass Contact Programme of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today.
This included Rs 37 lakh sanctioned to the 71 persons who met the Chief Minister. A total of 4856 new petitions have been received today.Earlier 10469 had registered.
Inaugurating the Mass Contact Programme titled as 'Karuthal-2015', Chandy said an eight-point programme to boost the infrastructure and social justice sectors of Pathanamthita would be implemented.
Chandy said measures would be taken for implementing the Kuttalam-Sabarimala Road Development Project after getting the report on environmental study. "This would be a combined effort of Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments," he said.

Efforts would be made to make Sabarimala eco-friendly by freeing the hill shrine from plastics. "It would be another feather in the cap of Sabarimala when it becomes a plastic free zone," he said.
An ambitious circuit to connect various pilgrimage centres of varied religions at Pathanamthitta would be implemented in the short run.
'Explore Pathanamthitta', another ambitious project for boosting the tourism sector of Pathanamthitta, also would be taken up, he said.