THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: K B Ganesh Kumar was almost in tears when spoke about his mother in the assembly. He was in tears when mentioned about the delay in road works implemented through KIIFB. He said that he was stuck in Venjaramoodu for more than 20 minutes on his way to Kottarakkara after knowing that his mother was serious.

He said that by the time he reached Kottarakkara, she was no more. The officials of KIIFB are against the demand of a flyover in Venjaramoodu. He demanded steps to avoid the delay in KIIFB projects and said the work on a road announced in 2018 at his constituency in Pathanampuram has not started so far.

He asked to avoid the consultancy in KIIFB. Why bringing in consultants from outside when there are engineers in the public works department drawing a high salary. A large percentage of the money is being taken away by the consultants, alleged Ganesh Kumar.

Public Works Minister P A Mohammad Riyaz reply was that the PWD and KIIFB are the pillars of the government's pride and that the latter was allocating more money to the PWD. The issues have been brought to the notice of the MLAs. However, he said cannot change all the criteria. The minister informed the assembly that KIIFB has put forward some suggestions to ensure the quality of the projects.