Konthuruthy river restoration: Kochi Corporation hands aid to 80 families

The Kochi Corporation has disbursed fiscal assistance of ₹14 lakh each to 80 of the 126 families slated for eviction from the Konthuruthy stream puramboke, successful compliance with a Kerala High Court directive.

The assistance, portion of the rehabilitation package, was transferred straight to the slope accounts of beneficiary families who submitted documents successful accordance with authorities norms. The process was initiated nether the supervision of Mayor V.K. Minimol, lawman politician Deepak Joy, Corporation caput P.S. Shibu, and elder officials. Beneficiaries who received the magnitude voluntarily handed implicit their buildings to the Corporation. The Engineering section formally took possession of the structures and handed them implicit to zonal officers for demolition.

Steps person besides been taken to resoluteness discrepancies successful the slope records of 8 families, with the magnitude to beryllium transferred to their accounts connected Monday (April 9, 2026). The Mayor said each but 20 families had cooperated with the Corporation. The affected families person been fixed clip until April 13 to taxable documents since proceedings person to beryllium completed and a study submitted to the High Court by April 16.