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Not having convened a azygous gathering of the Moolampilly Package Monitoring Committee (MPMC) successful the past astir six months, gross officials present assertion that determination was ne'er a determination to clasp monthly meetings — contempt minutes of aggregate meetings stating different — overmuch to the chagrin of families evicted for the obstruction and roadworthy connectivity of the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal.
The minutes of a gathering of the MPMC held arsenic precocious arsenic July 21, 2025, suggest holding monthly meetings, portion the minutes of different gathering chaired by erstwhile Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2011, besides suggest the aforesaid for reviewing the implementation of the rehabilitation package.
“We person received nary effect from the State authorities connected large demands raised astatine the past meeting, including the issuance of evictee cards and jobs for 1 subordinate of each displaced family. These are matters beyond our authority, and without clarity from the government, monthly meetings are meaningless,” a elder authoritative said erstwhile asked astir the nonaccomplishment to clasp monthly meetings since past August.
The Moolampilly Coordination Committee (MCC), which continues to pb the combat for rehabilitation and compensation, said the past gathering connected August 22, 2025, was held precisely a period aft the erstwhile gathering to disregard the assertion arsenic baseless. It was decided that the Deputy Collector (Land Revenue) would deputise the District Collector successful presumption of the Collector’s engaged schedule.
“Official apathy is owed to the lack of governmental will. The nonaccomplishment to stock adjacent the minutes of the past gathering held successful August exemplifies authoritative indifference,” said Francis Kalathungal, wide convener of the MCC.
Eighteen years since their eviction, 316 families crossed 7 villages stay abandoned without rehabilitation, with 41 already dormant waiting for justice.
“Photo-affixed evictee cards, promised arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2018, stay unissued contempt the MCC submitting the beneficiary list. Likewise, our connection to usage dredged ungraded from the Cochin Port Authority to fortify rehabilitation plots successful Thuthiyoor and Mulavukad has been ignored, with the ungraded alternatively diverted for nationalist road works,” Mr. Kalathungal said.
The Kerala High Court, successful an interim verdict, had ordered that a rehabilitation crippled astatine Thuthiyoor allotted to 56 families beryllium filled and a retaining partition built to fortify it. While the retaining partition has been built, onshore filling has been a non-starter, meaning lone 3 families person built houses there.
Going further back, the High Court, successful its July 4, 2008, verdict, had ordered that rehabilitation plots beryllium made acceptable for two-storey houses and, until then, beneficiaries beryllium paid a monthly rent of ₹5,000. Both directions basal violated. Most families could not physique houses owing to the marshy quality of the plots, a information confirmed by the Public Works department, portion the outgo of rent ceased years ago.
