Spatial planning crucial for Kerala's balanced development, economic growth: Minister K.M. Shaji

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 9 (UNI) Comprehensive spatial planning is essential for ensuring balanced regional development, accelerating economic growth and strengthening Kerala's resilience to climate change and natural disasters, Local Self-Government Minister K.M. Shaji has said. In a message on the occasion of World Urbanism Day, the Minister said spatial planning should be an integral part of Kerala's development strategy as the State pursues its goal of becoming developed and prosperous by 2047. Kerala was passing through a crucial phase, confronting emerging economic opportunities as well as challenges arising from changing urbanisation patterns, growing infrastructure requirements, climate change and environmental degradation, he…