THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The programme of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to lay the foundation stone of a sponge plant of Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd at Chavara in Kollam on November 1 has been cancelled, Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan said here on Saturday.
 
After a cabinet meeting, he said the programme was cancelled as there were problems in providing a facility for landing the helicopter at Chavara.
 
The stone-laying function will be postponed, he added.