Theatres to open from January 5 in Kerala: CM Vijayan

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1 : As a New Year gift to the people of the state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has announced the opening of movie theatres in the state from January 5. Theatres will be allowed to function with only half of their strengths and tickets for only half of the strength will be sold. Chief minister also said that stringent action will be taken against Cinema theatres if they violate Covid protocol.
The Chief minister also said that the government will constitute a new authority to prevent corruption and people will be able to register their complaints regarding corruption in a software. He also said that the details of those who provide information will not be publicized and people will be free to provide information against corruption. He said that the authority if necessary will convey the details provided to the vigilance department. This will commence from January 26 of this month.
He also announced the government sanction to conduct art and culture programmes, both indoor and outdoor programmes during religious festivals.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that aged people will be provided with government services without having to go to the offices. He said that volunteers will be deployed for the service of old people.
Pinarayi Vijayan also said that 1000 scholarships of 1 lakh rupees each will be provided to students who have performed exceedingly well in academics in degree classes and the annual income of their families are below 2.5 lakh rupees.
Chief minister said that a project “Eminent Scholars Online” will be implemented which will help degree and post graduate students communicate with eminent and internationally renowned scholars and academicians. He also said that the first online talk will be in January itself.