V.P. Sivakolundhu submits memorandum to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Assembly Speaker V.P. Sivakolundhu has submitted a memorandum to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking his assistance in getting Central funding for relocating the Legislative Assembly to an alternative site.
In the memorandum, Mr. Sivakolundhu pointed out that the Assembly was functioning from a heritage building constructed during the French rule as a medical college and hospital.
The Puducherry Government had proposed to identify a suitable site and construct a new Assembly along with a Secretariat, for which an estimated ₹200 crore would be required.
The Legislative Assembly Secretariat had prepared a detailed project report for implementing a national e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), which would shortly be placed before the State-Level Project Monitoring Committee.
The memorandum urged the Speaker to instruct those concerned in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to release funds expeditiously before the end of…