Special panel to monitor major projects in Kochi.

A special committee to oversee the implementation of major projects in the city will be constituted, Mayor Tony Chammany has said.

The Mayor announced the decision while concluding the budget discussion at the corporation council meeting on recently. Later, the council passed the annual budget.

Besides the Mayor, the committee will have chairpersons and members of standing committees, officials and four members nominated by the leader of the Opposition in the council. The committee will focus on the implementation of projects such as Pachalam rail overbridge, Thammanam-Pullepady road project, widening of Sahodaran Ayyappan Road and Goshree-Mamangalam road project. The local body would do a follow-up of the projects based on the panel's suggestions, Mr. Chammany said.

THE HINDU