332 flats completed in Muttathara under Punargeham scheme
The construction of another batch of flats under the Fisheries department's Punargeham project to provide safe housing to fish worker families in districts adjoining coastal regions has been completed at Muttathara in Thiruvananthapuram. A total of 332 flats have been completed as part of the first phase in the residential complex which is proposed to have 400 flats. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the handing over of the keys to the beneficiaries a function to be held on June 27, with Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian presiding over.
According to officials of the Fisheries department, the construction of the residential complex began in 2023 in 8 acres of land handed over by the Department of Dairy Development. The State government had given administrative sanction of ₹81 crore for the housing project. The Uralungal Labour Contract Co-Operative Society (ULCCS) carried out the construction activity with the Harbour Engineering Department overseeing the technical aspects of the work. The housing complex has been named 'Prathyasha'.
The entire project is envisaged as 400 flats of fifty blocks having eight housing units each. Each housing unit has a plinth area of 562 square feet. The work on more housing complexes under the Punargeham project are currently progressing in various districts.
The project launched in 2019 is mainly focussed on rehabilitating fishing communities living within 50 metres of the coast to safer grounds. Under the scheme, a total number 2,818 families have already been rehabilitated by constructing 2,428 individual homes and 390 flats. The government provides beneficiary families an amount of ₹10 lakh each including ₹6 lakh for buying land and ₹4 lakh for constructing houses. The amount is disbursed in instalments.
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332 flats completed in Muttathara under Punargeham scheme
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