'Bureaucrats trying to subvert Vizhinjam project'
Friday June 22 2007 10:29 IST
T’PURAM: The Janapaksham has alleged that certain bureaucrats were trying to subvert the proposed deepwater container transhipment hub project at Vizhinjam.Officials in the Finance Department have failed to ensure that the project meets the deadlines fixed on April 17, when the State Government had organised an investors' meet for the project, Janapaksham secretary T S Swaminathan said in a statement here. Janapaksham had organised a meeting to protest against the delay.The Finance Department is blocking the payment of dues amounting to Rs 80 lakh to the IL&FS and Rs 15 lakh to the L&T-RAMBOLL. It is learnt that L&T-RAMBOLL will take another two months to prepare fresh estimates for the project, the Janapaksham alleged.The organisation said it was part of the same conspiracy that the Ports Secretary, who was CEO of Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL), the nodal agency for the project, was kept away from the finance committee formed for the fund utilisation of the VISL.Appukuttan Pillai presided over the meeting.
Dr.K S Manoj, T S Swaminathan, K C S Nair, Rajappan and Ramakrishna Pillai spoke.
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