Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 14 -- The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday approved the allotment of land for the construction of memorials in the name of late Kerala Congress leader KM Mani and senior CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, according to the Chief Minister's office.

To establish the KM Mani Memorial Institute for Social Transformation, 25 cents of land has been allotted to the KM Mani Foundation at Kowdiar in Thiruvananthapuram. The land will be leased for a period of 30 years at a nominal rate of Rs. 100 per acre per year.

Meanwhile, the Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Memorial Study and Research Centre will be set up at Vadikkakath in Thalassery on 1.139 acres of land. The land will be leased to the Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Memorial Academy of S...