Literary camp to begin tomorrow

 A three-day literary camp for young writers organised by the Kerala Sahithya Akademi will be held at Parassinikkadavu here from December 18.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the organisers of the event said Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan would inaugurate the camp. They said 140 young writers and nearly 125 noted writers would attend the camp, being organised to encourage young writers.
Akademi chairperson P. Valsala will preside over the inaugural function. Writers and literary critics will conduct classes on language, Malayalam literary history, Malayalam drama, poetry, literature in cyber space, narrative techniques, literature and secularism, etc.

Roads to be repaired by month-end: Minister

Public Works Minister M. Vijayakumar said here on Thursday that all damaged roads in the State would be repaired by the month-end.
Addressing a district-level crisis management review meeting at the Collectorate here on Thursday, he said instructions had been given to complete all repairs on roads. A sum of Rs.718 crore had been allocated by the government for road repairs. The works would be completed on a war footing, he said.
Announcing that the tender period was extended to 14 days, the Minister said works estimated up to Rs.2 crore would be sanctioned at the district level. He also announced that the government had sanctioned a Rs.399-crore project to upgrade the existing roads. The quality control maintenance and vigilance mechanisms of the PWD would be strengthened, Mr. Vijayakumar said.
The review meeting also discussed development of access roads to the Kannur airport site and maintenance of roads to tourism destinations. He discussed with officials the progress of the construction of 28 bridges.

VS to lay stone for kannur airport today

 


Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will lay the foundation stone for the Kannur International Airport at the project site near Mattannur on Friday.
Since the airport is a longstanding dream of the people here, elaborate arrangements have been made for the stone-laying function. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel will preside.
A helipad has been arranged at the ground of the PRNSS College at Mattannur for the arrival of Mr. Patel on Friday morning. The venue has facilities to accommodate around 10,000 people.
The function will be held at 11 a.m. Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran will inaugurate the construction of the perimeter wall of the project site. Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed will release the logo of the airport project.