Jisha Surya / TNN
Thiruvananthapuram: By arranging a solidarity meeting at Martyr’s square, CPM on Saturday condemned protest against Kamal Hassan movie ‘Vishwaroopam’. Incidentally, the function also gave CPM a venue to oppose Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB), which has recently made it mandatory to have prior sanction and fee to organize functions at Martyrs’ square.
Fed up with recurrent public meetings which make maintenance of Martyrs’ square a costly affair, KRFB has made it stricter to have a charge of Rs 5000 and refundable security of Rs 10,000 for organising events there. The CPM was the first to organise an event at the venue after the order was issued last week. When contacted, officials of both KRFB and the concessionaire Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL) said that CPM had neither informed nor paid the amount to organise event at Martyrs’ Square.
Kadakkampally Surendran, district secretary of CPM, said they would not give a penny to the KRFB for the space they utilised for a public event. “I saw KRFB’s notice board at Martyrs’ square. This is injustice. It is fair to ask the organisers to clean the venue. But to impose penalty or fees is extremely unfair. We won’t give a penny. We are organising meeting at the concrete space. It won’t cause any damage,” he said. Surendran, however, praised KRFB for keeping the city beautiful. “It is appreciable that they are maintaining the road very beautifully. But we cannot agree to such injustices,” he said.
A senior official of City Roads Improvement Project (CRIP), said it would cost them Rs 10,000-15,000 to maintain the square after public meetings. “The original plan was the turn the space into a park. Later, we constructed it as a venue for meeting. But, it is just like renting out a stadium. The amount was fixed as a rent and security,” he said. “The participants usually damage the lawn and litter the premises with flags and festoons,” he said.
The TRDCL is in charge of maintaining the roads, footpaths and areas developed under Crip for the next 15 years.
Thiruvananthapuram: By arranging a solidarity meeting at Martyr’s square, CPM on Saturday condemned protest against Kamal Hassan movie ‘Vishwaroopam’. Incidentally, the function also gave CPM a venue to oppose Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB), which has recently made it mandatory to have prior sanction and fee to organize functions at Martyrs’ square.
Fed up with recurrent public meetings which make maintenance of Martyrs’ square a costly affair, KRFB has made it stricter to have a charge of Rs 5000 and refundable security of Rs 10,000 for organising events there. The CPM was the first to organise an event at the venue after the order was issued last week. When contacted, officials of both KRFB and the concessionaire Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL) said that CPM had neither informed nor paid the amount to organise event at Martyrs’ Square.
Kadakkampally Surendran, district secretary of CPM, said they would not give a penny to the KRFB for the space they utilised for a public event. “I saw KRFB’s notice board at Martyrs’ square. This is injustice. It is fair to ask the organisers to clean the venue. But to impose penalty or fees is extremely unfair. We won’t give a penny. We are organising meeting at the concrete space. It won’t cause any damage,” he said. Surendran, however, praised KRFB for keeping the city beautiful. “It is appreciable that they are maintaining the road very beautifully. But we cannot agree to such injustices,” he said.
A senior official of City Roads Improvement Project (CRIP), said it would cost them Rs 10,000-15,000 to maintain the square after public meetings. “The original plan was the turn the space into a park. Later, we constructed it as a venue for meeting. But, it is just like renting out a stadium. The amount was fixed as a rent and security,” he said. “The participants usually damage the lawn and litter the premises with flags and festoons,” he said.
The TRDCL is in charge of maintaining the roads, footpaths and areas developed under Crip for the next 15 years.
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