The Rebuild Kerala Initiative (RKI) has sanctioned ₹300 crore for relaying State roads maintained by the Public Works Department. It has further set apart ₹488 crore for repairing village and suburban thoroughfares.
The RKI on Tuesday also sanctioned ₹30 crore for a bridge over the Kadambrayar river at Brahmapuram in Ernakulam district. The RKI advisory board also allowed the Kerala Water Authority ₹350 crore to complete various piped drinking water supply schemes. It set aside ₹130 crore to rehabilitate families living on the edge of forest reserves and wildlife sanctuaries and takeover private estates inside forests and protect mangroves.
The RKI also allocated ₹250 crore to Kudumbashree for initiating livelihood schemes. It also announced a special package (₹182.76 crore) for farmers in flood-ravaged Idukki and Wayanad. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reviewed the functioning of the RKI. The RKI board told him that the World Bank had sanctioned a loan of ₹780 crore. German banks had expressed willingness to extend credit for repair and maintenance of roads.
The RKI also decided to adopt environment-friendly farming practices in paddy lands in Kuttanad and Thrissur.
Water Resources Minister K. Krishnankutty, Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran, Ports Minister Kadannappally Ramachandran participated.
