The Cabinet has decided to issue ration cards to all families in the State within a year.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, briefing reporters of the decisions of a Cabinet meeting here on Wednesday, said that cards would be issued to all families living in the State for long. A survey conducted as part of the Life Mission project found that many families still did not have ration cards. The cards would be issued to those who did not have house permits, numbers and such others, he said.
Repair and maintenance work of all roads would be completed by December 2020. All street lights would be replaced with LEDs as part of a power saving drive.
District Collectors will organise taluk-level adalats to clear pending complaints and petitions this year itself. Ministers would attend the adalats, if needed.
Wayside amenities, mainly resting facility with washrooms, would be constructed with the involvement of local bodies. A State Industrial Security Force would be constituted on the lines of the Centre Industrial Security Force (CISF). The meeting decided to form a social voluntary corp comprising those aged between 16 and 65 years to help those in distress during emergencies such as floods. A directorate comprising the Fire and Rescue Services, Police Department, Local Self-Government and Revenue departments, NCC and NSS would be formed for coordinating such activities, he said.
