Centre’s attitude upsets Oommen Chandy

Nov 15, 2011 - Olga Tellis |

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The Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, on Monday criticised the Centre’s ‘adamant’ stand of withholding approval for hydroelectric projects of the state, including Athirapally.

He also expressed anguish over the Centre not giving the clearance for the projects despite the UDF and the LDF sharing a unanimous view on implementation.

Addressing an India Economic Summit session here on Monday, Chandy highlighted the need for more understanding between the Centre and the state.

“Decentralisation is needed for focused implementation of government schemes,” he said. “The Centre has to share more powers with the states.” He also used the platform to spread the message that the much-talked about trade union militancy in the state was a thing of the past. “The situation in Kerala has changed quite a lot over the past few years,” he said.

“This is also true in the case of the Left parties. Militant trade unionism is history. “Even die-hard communists do not derail my development ambitions in the state ,” he said.

“There is a broad consensus that time has come for the state to attract large-scale private investments.” Chandy told the session that the state government had prepared Mission 2030 to attract investors.

“We’ve already received over 2,000 ideas on how to develop Kerala and attract more investments,” he said, adding that the state would be holding an ‘Emerging Kerala Meet’ next year to attract global investors.

Chandy met a number of industry captains attending the conclave and invited them to the proposed meeting.

He added that on the lines of the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, the state government was planning one between Kochi and Coimbatore. The executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Mr Klaus Schwab, told Chandy that he would be leading a team of 25 chief executive officers to the state next year.

Earlier, Chandy visited BSE and rang the ‘opening bell’. The BSE chairman, Mr S. Ramadorai, said the exchange would open a regional office in Kochi in two months and saw huge potential in the state.

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