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Seventy houses constructed nether a rehabilitation strategy undertaken by the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) for families affected by the Vilangad landslide were handed implicit connected Thursday (May 14, 2026).
KCBC president and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Calicut Varghese Chakkalakal inaugurated the event. Archbishop of the Thalassery Archdiocese Joseph Pamplany officiated astatine the cardinal handover ceremonial and presided implicit the inaugural function. Thamarassery Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil welcomed the gathering.
The rehabilitation strategy was launched aft families affected by the July 30, 2024, landslide astatine Vilangad complained of delays successful authorities assistance. Coordinators said the archetypal signifier of the lodging project, comprising 70 units, was completed successful 21 months astatine a outgo of ₹10.34 crore.
According to the task coordinators, ₹11.34 crore was mobilised for the initiative, of which ₹10.34 crore has been spent truthful far. The houses were customised to suit the needs of the selected families, with abstracted engineering plans prepared for each unit.
Priests who supervised the task nether the Thamarassery diocese said a full of 138 houses would beryllium built successful Kozhikode and Wayanad districts connected completion of the 2nd signifier of the rehabilitation strategy for landslide victims. They added that the 2nd signifier of the task was besides launched connected Thursday.
The motorboat of a peculiar task unit was different item of the cardinal handover ceremony. The task force, comprising trained counsellors, volition connection intelligence enactment to the rehabilitated families. In the adjacent phase, assorted livelihood enactment schemes for the landslide survivors volition besides beryllium considered.
KCBC functionaries said the enactment of the Centre for Overall Development nether the Thamarassery diocese and the Kerala Social Service Forum was instrumental successful the speedy execution of the project. They added that each dioceses had made commendable contributions to the rehabilitation effort isolated from undertaking their ain projects to enactment much affected families.
