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Wadakkanchery LIFE project site inspection delayed by early monsoon onset, govt tells Kerala HC
Kochi: The state govt has informed high court that the team from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kozhikode, had to defer its site inspection to assess the stability of the existing structure constructed under the LIFE Mission housing project at Charalparambu in Wadakkanchery, Thrissur, due to the early onset of monsoon.
It was further informed that the site inspection would resume next week and that four weeks' time is required to submit the report. The submission was made in response to a petition filed by Congress leader Anil Akkara, who sought a directive to resume the halted LIFE Mission project in Wadakkanchery. Recording the state's submission, the Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji adjourned the petition to July 15 for the report from NIT, Kozhikode.
In his petition, Anil Akkara highlighted that 140 families are beneficiaries of the project and that further delays would severely affect them. In 2019, the UAE-based Red Crescent signed an agreement with the LIFE Mission to construct housing complexes at Charalparambu, awarding the contract to Unitac Builders and Sane Ventures. However, following the arrest of M Sivasankar, then Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, in connection with a gold smuggling case, allegations of FCRA violations in the LIFE Mission project emerged, resulting in the stalling of construction.
