Moolampilly package: MLA, Collector to visit rehabilitation plots
The marshy land of 4.30 acres along the shores of the Kadambrayar was filled up and divided into rehabilitation plots for 114 families from Moolampilly, Kothad, Cheranalloor, Edappally South, Eloor, Manjummel, and Kalamassery to construct homes.
Though the evictees received between four to five cents, 112 families out of the 114 backed out from constructing homes on the rehabilitation plots citing the unstable nature of the land, which was further reaffirmed in the examination conducted by the Public Works department. As per the order notifying the Moolamppilly rehabilitation package, the beneficiary families were entitled, along with other benefits, to motorable road, power, drinking water, and drainage on a priority basis.
According to a verdict of the Kerala High Court on July 20, 2008, the government is supposed to give rehabilitation plots fit for two-storey buildings. Until that condition was honoured, the beneficiaries were also entitled to a monthly rent of ₹5,000. Matters got further complicated after revenue documents for the rehabilitation plots coming under Vazhakkala village in Kanayannur taluk were not forthcoming from the offices concerned.
The Moolamppilly Package Coordination Committee had pointed out all these issues at a meeting of the Moolamppilly Package Monitoring Committee chaired by the Collector on July 21. The visit to the rehabilitation plots is based on the outcome of that meeting.
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