Min: 4k families got LIFE homes in Nedumangad
T'puram: Over the past nine years, 4,000 families in
Nedumangad municipality
area were provided homes through
LIFE scheme
, said food and civil supplies minister
G R Anil
. He was speaking at opening of various projects in Nedumangad municipality, including a mini drinking water project and renovation of a waiting shed.
There were 94 extremely poor families in Nedumangad municipality, which has now been reduced to 16. As these families are uplifted from
extreme poverty
, Nedumangad municipality is transforming into a municipality without extreme poverty.
Within three months, there will be no person in Nedumangad constituency struggling for a land title. Remaining persons will be granted titles as soon as possible, Anil said. TNN
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