CM admits to lapses; delay due to late print order, arrival of material
Students taking part in a secretariat march and dharna organised in protest by the AISF against the delay in supplying textbooks to school students try to hide their faces from the camera. (Photo: PEETHAMBARAN PAYYERI)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to go for a short re-tender at the earliest to complete printing of the remaining textbooks in a time bound manner.
At the Cabinet briefing, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said, of a total of 2.33 crore books, 80 percent had been printed and distributed. He admitted lapses on the part of the government and promised to look into them. The delay was caused by late print order and late arrival of printing materials.
District judges:
The Cabinet decided to recommend to the governor, the postings of 16 sub judges/chief judicial magistrates included on the panel recommended by the High Court as district judges in Kerala State Higher Judicial Service. The postings are being carried out in a manner that the rights of district judges appointed directly from the bar are not affected.
Mass Contact Programme:
A record number of 3,76,772 petitions were received during the MCP this year. Online petitions were 1,98,028 and the petitions received directly at the MCP venues 1,78,744. Of them, 1,22,828 were solved at the venues and the remaining are being examined at the district level.
One of the decisions taken is to extend the financial assistance meant for widows to orphans, following a petition received from a girl who lost both her parents, at the MCP in Idukki.
Programme for visually challenged:
The Cabinet decided to implement a series of blind-friendly initiatives in the wake of the tragic incident in Thrissur recently in which two blind cricketers died after being hit by a Volvo bus. CM will preside over a high-level conference involving ministers of home, transport, PWD and social justice and their senior officials to chalk out the plan. Cabinet decided to grant a compensation of Rs 3 lakh each to their families and a government job to the widow of Rajesh.
Postings:
General Education Director K. Gopalakrishna Bhatt has been posted special secretary of the Scheduled Castes Development Department and Civil Supplies Director V. K. Baby as special secretary of the Irrigation Department with the charge of Inland Navigation.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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