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World Bank pat for Kerala road project

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A visiting World Bank team has expressed its appreciation over the progress in the implementation of the Rs 1,600-crore Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP), the road development programme it was sponsoring in the State.

The team, led by Mr Stein Lundeby, met the Minister for Public Works, Dr M.K. Muneer, and conveyed to him the lending institution's approval of the progress made in the implementation. The team had visited the road stretches of Shoranur-Palakkad, Thrissur-Kuttipuram, Angamaly-Muvattupuzha-Thodupuzha, Thycod-Kottarakkara, Alappuzha-Changanassery, apart from the inland navigation project in the Alappuzha-Vaikkom area. The KSTP would become a model for the whole of India, the visiting team hoped.

Apart from Mr Lundeby, the team comprised Mr Arnab Bandopadhyaya, Highway Engineer, Mr Ernest Hunimd, Consultant, Modernisation Programme, Mr Vytheeswaran, environment specialist and Ms Sajithakumari, Sociological Consultant. According to Ms Lida Jacob, Secretary, PWD, an amount of Rs 131 crore had been spent on the programme.

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