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Moolampilly committee submits report on poor condition of Thuthiyoor resettlement land to MLA
Kochi: Members of Moolampilly package implementation monitoring committee submitted a report to Thrikkakara MLA Uma Thomas on Monday regarding poor condition of the alternative land in Thuthiyoor.
This land was assigned to evictees as part of rehabilitation of those displaced by Vallarpadam container transshipment terminal project.
In their report, the members, led by CR Neelakandan, visited resettlement areas provided to the evicted in Thuthiyoor village. They submitted that, except for five people, no one has built a house because houses constructed there are sinking. A total of 184 families were compulsorily displaced in 2008 for the project and received land in Thuthiyoor area of Thrikkakara municipality.
Report stated that even the monitoring committee, chaired by district collector, set up by govt to make the resettlement process efficient, is reluctant to convene a meeting. The first meeting was convened on June 27, 2024. None of the assurances given by collector and officials in that meeting were implemented.
Committee members visited the house of Vidyadharan, who constructed a house on the land at Thuthiyoor. They requested the MLA to apply pressure on district collector to take immediate measures, including reinforcing the side of the stream passing nearby. "Ensure that the monitoring committee for resettlement meets regularly and implements the assurances given in a timely manner," the report said. Other members of the committee include Francis Kalathinkal, Kuruvila Mathews and Eloor Gopinath.
