Pathanamthitta: Projects & Developments

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UDF for 4 more medical colleges under govt control

The liaison committee meeting of the ruling United Democratic Front recommended to the government to proceed with steps to set up four more medical colleges in the state.

The medical colleges, to be run under charitable societies, would be strictly under government control and companies on Public-Private Participation basis would be formed to set up infrastructural facilties, UDF convenor P P Thankachan told reporters.

The Health Minister Adoor Prakash had presented a note before the UDF with the proposal for five new medical colleges. But a decision on the college proposed to be set up at Manjeri in Malappuram had been temporarily shelved due to non-availability of land, he said.

The new medical colleges would be in Pathanamthitta, Kasaragod, Idukki and Alappuzha districts.

Both NRI and domestic investors would be wooed to get funds for implementing the project, he said, adding, attempt would be made to start the colleges next year itself.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/kerala...ol_753506.html

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Thanx for the news Moncy!!

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Skyline's Augusta at Thiruvalla (Ongoing)



Skyline's Townscape at Thiruvalla (Proposed)



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TDB puts revenue at Rs.170.35 crore
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor

Two-month long Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season comes to a close

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) could not maintain the steady growth in revenue collection at Sabarimala during the just-concluded annual Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season, as in the previous years, owing to the drastic drop in pilgrim inflow from the States of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh following the Mullapperiyar agitation.

Talking to The Hindu here on Friday, Devaswom Executive Officer M. Satheeshkumar said the total revenue collection during the two-month season stood at Rs.170.35 crore as on January 19 against the previous year's Rs.152.32 crore.

TDB sources said the board's revenue collection at Sabarimala had been witnessing an increase of 15 per cent approximately every year. The increase in revenue collection this year was due to the revised price of Aravana, Appam, and various vazhipadu (ritualistic offering) at the temple, sources said.

Revenue from Aravana sales was put at Rs.72.27 crore as on Thursday against the previous year's Rs.60.99 crore. TDB had increased the price of Aravana to Rs.60 from Rs.50 for a 250 ml can and the price of Appam had gone up to Rs.25 from Rs.20 from the beginning of the pilgrim season.

Aravana sale

The TDB could sell only 1.20 crore cans of Aravana as on Thursday against the 1.21 crore cans the previous season.

The revenue from Appam sales was Rs.13.58 crore against Rs.11 crore the previous year.

The Hundi collection at Sabarimala as on Thursday was 64.44 crore. The previous year's figure was Rs.60.28 crore.

The pilgrim centre witnessed a drop in the flow of pilgrims through the Cumbom-Theni-Kumily route to Sabarimala from the beginning of the pilgrim season in mid-November, following the Mullaperiyar agitation.

Reports and rumours of alleged attacks and ill-treatment of Tamil pilgrims and provocative utterances by politicians had led to the drop, he said.

The denial of public transport facilities to Sabarimala-bound pilgrims to Uppupara and Pullumedu too had contributed to the drop in pilgrim flow. The pilgrim inflow to Sabarimala through the Pullumedu route used to be more or less equal to that through the Pampa-Sannidhanam route during the Makaravilakku season in the past. The pilgrim turnout at Pullmedu on Makaravilaku day (January 15) was hardly 3,000 in sharp contrast to the three lakh pilgrims the previous year.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle2819403.ece

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No taluk status for Konni

[Aslesh]

Population of Pathanamthitta is just 11 lakhs. You already have more than enough taluks.

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Originally Posted by Aslesh

Population of Pathanamthitta is just 11 lakhs. You already have more than enough taluks.

It's not about population it's about accessibility, about kozhencherry taluk (Where konni falls under) kozhencherry town is almost on the extreme west of the taluk and the east of the taluk has very bad public transport connectivity. Hence there has been a long demand to make travel of "going to taluk HQ" not a day long affair. As an interim the taluk HQ was moved to PTA instead of being at kozhencherry.

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Originally Posted by Aslesh

Population of Pathanamthitta is just 11 lakhs. You already have more than enough taluks.

Asleshetta, agnath is absolutely right.
Grossly inadequate public transport facility is a major problem facing by Konni that spreads across the hills of the forest fringes of Pathanamthitta district.People from remote places like Thannithodu,Thekkuthodu of Konni have to travel more than 20-25 kms to reach the taluk HQs at Pathanamthitta.
Konni possess all the infrastructures for becoming a taluk. A five storied mini civil station have started functioning,site had been identified for proposed KSRTC bus station,community health centre would soon be elevated to the status of a taluk hospital providing speciality services.This is beside a seperate hospital wing for women and children.
Population of Pathanamthitta is not 11 lakhs, its nearly 12 lakhs(11,95,537) and reduction is mainly because of large number of expatriates from the district and low birth rate.
The present Kozhencherry taluk is one of the biggest taluk's in Kerala(about 1100 sq.km, almost bigger in size as Alappuzha district).The taluk contributes 30% of the population in the district.There are demands for trifurcating Kozhencherry taluk into Pathanamthitta,Konni,Kozhencherry.So atleast Konni taluk should be formed along with the other 10 proposed taluks.

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This was the original recommendation of 24 taluks.

താമരശ്ശേരി, ഇരിട്ടി, മഞ്ചേശ്വരം, പയ്യന്നൂര്*, മലയോര താലൂക്ക്, അട്ടപ്പാടി, പട്ടാമ്പി, അടിമാലി, പേരാമ്പ്ര, ചാലക്കുടി, ഇടുക്കി, കുന്നംകുളം, പൂഞ്ഞാര്*, മധ്യ വയനാട്, കാട്ടാക്കട, കടയ്ക്കല്*, ഏറ്റുമാനൂര്*, ചാത്തന്നൂര്*, വര്*ക്കല, കോന്നി, കുത്തിയതോട്, പിറവം, അങ്കമാലി, കായംകുളം എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിലാണ് പുതിയ താലൂക്കുകള്* രൂപവത്കരിക്കാന്* ശുപാര്*ശ ചെയ്തത്.

http://www.mathrubhumi.com/kozhikode...%E2%80%8C.html

Konni was included then. Does anybody know the 10 taluk which were selected?

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The famous bus route in Kerala gets a brand new bus

New bus for Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Kumali Service



CC: Manorama

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Study for the Kuttalam – Munnar Hill Highway will be completed within one month.

Highway passes though Konni, Chittar, Seethathode, Angamuzhi,Moozhiyar,Pampa Dam and Gavi in Pathanamthitta District.



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The power house of the Sabarigiri hydro-electric project at Moozhiyar in Pathanamthitta district.




Image Courtesy: The Hindu

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Migration from Kerala slides

The migration from Kerala is inching towards inflexion point, according to the 2011 migration survey conducted by the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. The survey based on primary data collected from 15,000 households selected at random covering all the 63 taluks in the state, shows that the increase in migration has started showing a decreasing trend. The survey conducted by demographers S Irudaya Rajan and Dr K C Zacharia says that the increase could vanish much before 2015 and the migration trend could very well slide downward.

The number of Kerala emigrants living abroad in 2011 is estimated to be 2.28 million, up from 2.19 million in 2008, 1.84 million in 2003 and 1.36 million in 1998. The increase during inter-survey periods has shown a decreasing trend.Although there was a small increase in the number of emigrants at the state level, most of the traditional centres of emigration in the state had experienced decreases in the number of emigrants and/or emigrants per household.

The survey points out the experience of Pathanamthitta district as forerunner of things to come in Kerala. In Pathanamthitta district, the number of emigrants was, 98,000 in 1998, 134,000 in 2003, 121,000 in 2008 but only 91,000 in 2011 — lower than the numbers in 1998.

An independent source of information that supports a possible inflexion in emigration before 2011 is the data on the number of ECR passport holders that emigrated from Kerala. The number of ECR passport holders from Kerala reached its maximum in 2008. Since then, the number has been declining, according to Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs annual reports.
The study has identified demographic changes, narrowing gap of wages between Kerala and the Gulf, increased competition from other states and steady increase in the cost of migration as factors responsible for the downward trend.

Statistics indicate that the number of persons in Kerala in the age group 20-40, who usually migrated, has been coming down.The number of people in this age group is less in 2011 than that in 2001.This started declining in 2008.
This shows that years ahead will witness a decreasing trend in the availability of youngsters for emigration. Part of this decrease could, however, be compensated by migration of persons at higher ages, the study says.

As far as the wage factor is concerned, the study finds a narrowing gap. The average wage among unskilled workers in Kerala has increased from Rs150 to over Rs450 during the first decade of this century. The corresponding wage in the Gulf did not increase as fast as it did in Kerala. It could have even decreased during the depression years. Another significant finding of the survey is the huge increase in the number of migrant students. The survey found that the student out-migrants out-numbered job-seeking out-migrants since 2008.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayA...=international

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Aranmula airport: Denotification within two days

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Source: Deepika