Kanniyakumari MP Vijay Vasanth chairs a DISHA meeting held at the Collectorate in Nagercoil on Friday.
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Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Member Vijay Vasanth said the Soil Health Card scheme was being implemented well in the district and 600 farmers had been provided with Soil Health Cards in the financial year 2025-2026, while addressing District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting held here on Friday.
He said that the soil health cards helped farmers to analyse the nutrient status of the soil and provided recommendations on the use of fertilizers based on the nature and condition of the soil and the crops cultivated.
He said the Kanniyakumari district had a total of 1,11,183 Antyodaya Anna Yojana family cards and 2,71,453 people are benefitting from Priority Household Ration Cards. He added that 84.4% of work on the four-lane national highways had been completed between Kaliyakkavilai and Kanniyakumari and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been instructed to complete the work by December 31, 2026.
The MP further said that 90% of drinking water scheme work under AMRUT 2.0 scheme has been completed by Nagercoil corporation. He also reviewed works being implemented under AMRUT in municipalities in the district including Colachel, Kuzhithurai, Padmanabhapuram and Kollengode.
The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) officials were instructed to prepare Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the new combined drinking water project using the Kuzhithurai river to provide purified drinking water to Kanniyakumari municipality, 17 town panchayats, five panchayat unions and 286 rural settlements in the district.
Kanniyakumari District Collector M. Prathap, District Revenue Officer M. Velumani, Nagercoil Corporation Commissioner R. Ishwarya and other officials were present.
MLAs S. Austin, Thalavai Sundaram, R. Chellaswamy also attended the meeting.
Published – September 18, 2026 08:36 pm IST
