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CPI seeks more transparency

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Jan. 9. The CPI Legislature Party has urged the Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, to ensure absolute transparency in relation to the various investment proposals being showcased at the Global Investor Meet (GIM).

In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, the CPI Legislature Party has pointed out that unless there was clarity on several contentious issues and detailed discussions in the Assembly, the attempts to attract investment to Kerala would prove costly for the State. The signatories to the memorandum are the CPI legislature party leader, K. P. Rajendran, the deputy leader, Benoy Viswam, and the MLAs, N. Rajan and Mankode Radhakrishnan.

The CPI legislators pointed out that there was still no clarity on the assurances and conditions contained in the global tenders floated by the Government and that information relating to drinking water related schemes such as the source, price and periodicity of usage were lacking. There was also no official word on proposals relating to mineral sand mining and port development. Although there was a proposal to attract foreign investment in medical colleges, areas being showcased were yet to be publicly identified.

Referring to the memoranda of understanding (MoU) signed as a prelude to the GIM, the CPI legislators said the nature and objectives of these MoUs as also the conditions incorporated in them and the assurances given by the Government should be clarified. The people, they said, also had the right to have details of the advertisements published abroad and in the State Web site. On the proposals relating to the coastal resources, they felt the Government should have undertaken feasibility and impact studies on such.

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