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Wildlife Bill: Kerala CM seeks MPs help to get Presidents nod

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a move to facilitate effective Centre-state interactions, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urged the MPs from the state to intervene to get Presidents nod for the Wildlife Protection (Kerala Amendment) Bill. The permission is crucial as the bill passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly simplifies major obstructions in the 11th section of the Wildlife Protection Law 1972. In an online meeting convened on Thursday, the CM asked MPs to raise the demand for the disbursal of central share to be provided to the victims of the human-animal conflict. The meeting was attended by state ministers and other officers concerned. Seeking the MPs intervention to reinstate two tranches of Rs 6,757 crore and Rs 3,323 crore, which were cut from the states borrowing limits in the financial years 2024-25 and 2025-26, respectively, Pinarayi reiterated the stand to increase the states borrowing limit to 3.5%. Pointing out that the centre only provided Rs 260.56 crore for the Meppadi-Chooralmala rehabilitation against the states demand of Rs 2,221.03 crore, Pinarayi asked MPs to help the state avail of its deserving share. Urging that the central government should increase its share in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) 2.0, the CM asked the MPs to intervene to avoid the display of PMAY boards during its implementation. Making an attempt to reduce the duration of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragode rail journey, the CM urged MPs to raise the demand for conducting surveys for the third and fourth line on the Thiruvananthapuram-Mangaluru section, along with the deployment of Namo Bharat Rapid Rail here. Other key projects, including AIIMS, Attappady Irrigation Project, and the rail projects on the Angamaly-Sabari, Thalassery-Mysore, and Nilambur-Nanjangud routes, should also be highlighted before the Union government, the CM stressed.

28 Nov 2025 8:32 am