Draw of lots held for first phase of Wayanad rehabilitation project

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A location   astatine  the Kalpetta township meant for the rehabilitation of the survivors of the Chooralmala-Mundakkai landslides successful  Wayanad.

A location astatine the Kalpetta township meant for the rehabilitation of the survivors of the Chooralmala-Mundakkai landslides successful Wayanad. | Photo Credit: th-online Administrator

Kick-starting the Kerala government-sponsored rehabilitation package, the Wayanad territory medication connected Friday conducted a gully of tons for allotting houses built successful the archetypal signifier of the Kalpetta township task for the survivors of the 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide disaster.

In the archetypal phase, 178 houses person been constructed connected onshore that was portion of the Elston Estate. The gully of tons was held astatine the Meppadi MSA Auditorium successful the beingness of beneficiaries, elected representatives, governmental enactment workers, and officials.

P. Ashraf of Panchil House successful Ward 10 of Meppadi grama panchayat drew the archetypal lot. He was allotted House No. 104 successful Cluster J of Zone 1 successful the township.

Beneficiaries received their respective houses done a gully of tons from a container prepared by the territory administration.

At the function, the authorities bid granting ownership (title deeds) of the houses on with 7 cents of onshore was distributed to the beneficiaries. Special counters were besides acceptable up to administer documents related to electricity, drinking water, ration cards, and location ownership.

Officials said that, astatine present, energy and h2o connections for the houses had been provided successful the sanction of the District Collector. The authorities volition carnivore the energy and h2o charges for the archetypal 3 months. A certificate enabling the transportation of these connections to the beneficiaries’ idiosyncratic names aft 3 months was besides issued to beneficiaries connected the day.

Speaking astatine the function, Minister for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes Welfare O.R. Kelu said that fiscal assistance would beryllium distributed swiftly to those who mislaid their shops and enterprises successful the disaster. “The authorities exercised utmost transparency and accuracy successful the gully of tons process. Houses selected by beneficiaries cannot beryllium exchanged with different beneficiaries,” helium said.

The archetypal signifier of the township volition beryllium inaugurated and keys to 178 completed houses volition beryllium handed implicit astatine a relation to beryllium held connected February 25.

410 successful total

The township comprises a full of 410 houses, each constructed connected 7 cents of land. Each 1,000-sq ft location includes 2 bedrooms, a surviving room, a survey room, a eating area, a kitchen, and a retention room.

The township includes assorted facilities, including a marketplace, wellness centre, an anganwadi, and a assemblage centre.

Officials added that each 410 houses being constructed successful the township had been assigned circumstantial integer numbers. Through the gully of lots, 115 houses successful Zone 1, 30 houses successful Zone 3, and 33 houses successful Zone 4 were allotted to beneficiaries successful the archetypal phase.

Published - February 20, 2026 09:14 p.m. IST

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