<p>Various major infrastructure projects of Kerala government are learnt to be under the scanner of Enforcement Directorate as part of the probe against Chief Minister's former principal secretary M Sivasankar.</p>.<p>There are reports that ED has already sent a letter to Kerala government seeking details of four major projects. However, government sources preferred to be tight-lipped.</p>.<p>Kerala Fibre Optic Network, a Rs. 1,500 crore project aimed at last-mile fibre connectivity and free high-speed internet to 20 lakh economically weak families, Rs. 4,500 crore e-mobility project that aims at rolling out 10 lakh electric vehicles by 2022, DownTown IT/ITES infrastructure and township project attached to Technopark Phase-III campus in Thiruvananthapuram and development of the SmartCity Kochi were learnt to be under ED scanner owing to direct involvement of Sivasankar in these projects.</p>.<p>ED is also learnt to have collected details of Sivasankar's assets. Sivasankar, who was arrested by the ED last week, is now in ED's custody and being quizzed in Kochi.</p>.<p>Opposition parties Congress and BJP alleged that Sivasankar could be just a <em>benami </em>and hence a detailed probe into the wealth of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and CPM Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan is required.</p>.<p>Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, who inaugurated a demonstration demanding the Chief Minister's resignation, alleged that the Chief Minister's Office had emerged as a <em>benami</em> of smugglers. BJP state president K Surendran who inaugurated a statewide 'standing stir' against the government said that the government is just aiming at commission and bribe from all major projects.</p>
<p>Various major infrastructure projects of Kerala government are learnt to be under the scanner of Enforcement Directorate as part of the probe against Chief Minister's former principal secretary M Sivasankar.</p>.<p>There are reports that ED has already sent a letter to Kerala government seeking details of four major projects. However, government sources preferred to be tight-lipped.</p>.<p>Kerala Fibre Optic Network, a Rs. 1,500 crore project aimed at last-mile fibre connectivity and free high-speed internet to 20 lakh economically weak families, Rs. 4,500 crore e-mobility project that aims at rolling out 10 lakh electric vehicles by 2022, DownTown IT/ITES infrastructure and township project attached to Technopark Phase-III campus in Thiruvananthapuram and development of the SmartCity Kochi were learnt to be under ED scanner owing to direct involvement of Sivasankar in these projects.</p>.<p>ED is also learnt to have collected details of Sivasankar's assets. Sivasankar, who was arrested by the ED last week, is now in ED's custody and being quizzed in Kochi.</p>.<p>Opposition parties Congress and BJP alleged that Sivasankar could be just a <em>benami </em>and hence a detailed probe into the wealth of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and CPM Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan is required.</p>.<p>Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, who inaugurated a demonstration demanding the Chief Minister's resignation, alleged that the Chief Minister's Office had emerged as a <em>benami</em> of smugglers. BJP state president K Surendran who inaugurated a statewide 'standing stir' against the government said that the government is just aiming at commission and bribe from all major projects.</p>
