The State government is committed to implement the Kuttanad package, which aims to increase paddy production and make the region a tourism hub, Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian has said.
He was inaugurating the construction of the Bakery Palam-LC Jetty road at Kainakary grama panchayat in Kuttanad on Monday. The road will be constructed under the aegis of the Harbour Engineering department.
Mr. Cherian said the government had earmarked ₹135 crore for the Kuttanad package in the 2023-24 Budget. The Kuttanad drinking water scheme would materialise during the tenure of the present Left Democratic Front government.
Thomas K. Thomas, MLA, presided.
