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Friday, May 30, 2025
Abraham said that the CM would decide his future in the office.
The meeting also discussed concerns over water usage in liquor manufacturing.
The CPI meeting resolved to warn the government against a hasty decision on the issue.
Instead of the controversial 'toll', "user fee" was the term the Chief Minister used to denote the tool that would be used to reform the KIIFB model.
Balagopal said that more revenue-generating projects would be implemented through KIIFB.
Under Isaac, KIIFB was the anti-neoliberal, people-centric Left alternative for creating major public assets.
The former finance minister admitted that KIIFB could no longer take up non-revenue-generating projects.
The practice of toll collection on the state’s roads began to be gradually phased out during the tenure of the Oommen Chandy- led government. Subsequently, former PWD minister G Sudhakaran completely phased out toll collection on state roads during the first Pinarayi government.
The procedures to collect the toll will be initiated once the proposal receives the Cabinet nod.
It was also clarified during the meeting that 50 per cent of the construction cost could be met through the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board.
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