Through the reform of local government, which now includes Tochni in a cluster of communities, we will further increase the sense of development in the region, to give citizens better quality services at the lowest possible cost and the opportunity, especially for young people, to return back to the countryside, said Interior Minister Mr. Nikos Nouris.
The Minister inaugurated the Tochni - Kalavasos road late yesterday afternoon.
After the inauguration ceremony, the Interior Minister said in a statement that a fourth project in the community of Tochni was inaugurated in a short period of time.
"A community which can effortlessly be described as extremely progressive, thanks to the President and the Community Council, to whom many congratulations are due," he said.
Speaking about the road project linking Tochni to Kalavaso, he said it was "a project that is of great importance because very simply it will solve problems not only for residents but also for tourists, especially in this area that has a significant increase in slow tourism."
He expressed his congratulations to the Community Council and the President for their activity. "It is precisely the State, the Ministry of Home Affairs, that we cannot stand idly by when such activities develop and we are assisting in this very effort," he added.
Referring to the reform of local government, which he said now includes Tochni in a cluster of communities along with the other communities in the region, "will further increase the sense of development in the region to make what we are aiming for a reality: On the one hand, to give citizens better quality services at the lowest possible cost, and of course to enable, especially young people, to return to the villages, to return to the countryside to revitalise it."
For his part, the community leader of Tochni, Mr. Pantelis Charalambous, thanked the Minister of Interior for the assistance you have provided them over the past years.
"Our concern from the day we took over in 2017 was to be able to bring Tochni, a small village with many problems, to where it deserves. Because Tochni is one of the oldest and most picturesque villages in Cyprus," he noted.
Earlier, in his address at the inauguration ceremony, the Minister, referring to the Tochni - Kalavasos road that is being inaugurated, said that it is a total length of 1.6 km... He added that the total cost of the expenditure "amounted to €420,652.00 and was covered entirely by state budget funds." He described the project as "of great transport importance, since it connects the community of Tochni with Kalavaso" and will significantly help the residents of the two communities in their daily travels.
The Interior Minister also referred to the completion of the major project for the landscaping of the riverbed of the river "Kamara" of Tochni, which will be completed in the last quarter of the year, at a cost of two million euros and which is one of the largest infrastructure projects that have been carried out in recent years in Larnaca province.
The creation of development and infrastructure projects, especially in the countryside, Mr. Nouris continued, "is a primary objective of the government, which continues to actively support the Local Government."
He then referred to the reform of Local Government from which, he said, "citizens will begin to reap the benefits, in a context of more developed and higher quality local communities, after the 2024 Local Authority elections."
For more from the Minister's address see. here
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