Wayanad township: Second-phase house construction to be completed by October 31

Construction of the second phase of houses in the Wayanad township at Elstone Estate, Kalpetta, for survivors of the Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides will be completed by October 31, Keralam Agriculture Minister T. Siddique said. Speaking to mediapersons after chairing a review meeting on the rehabilitation of disaster survivors at the District Collectorate in Kalpetta on Monday, Mr. Siddique, who is in charge of Wayanad, said the draw of lots for allotting the houses to the beneficiaries would be held this month.

Rehabilitation works and the construction of the township are progressing rapidly, the Minister said. Construction of 178 houses in the first phase had been completed, with 177 families having moved in. The remaining 149 houses are in the final stages of construction, and will be completed by October 31. Construction of facilities, including an anganwadi, market, public toilets, playground and health centre, will be completed by November, he said.