Wayanad , A total of 149 families affected in the devastating 2024 landslides here were allotted houses in the second phase on Saturday.
The houses allotted to them in the rehabilitation township for survivors of the Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides here will be made ready for occupation by November 30, Revenue Minister A P Anilkumar said.
The subsistence allowance provided to disaster-affected families staying in rented houses has also been extended until December, he said.
Speaking after inaugurating the allotment of houses through draw of lots at an event in Meppadi here, the minister said the government was committed to ensuring complete rehabilitation of those who lost everything in the disaster. The government would continue efforts to allot the remaining houses to eligible families in subsequent phases, he added. In the first phase, 178 houses had been handed over to beneficiaries, he said.
Agriculture Minister T Siddique, who presided over the function, said rehabilitation activities in the township were in their final stages. The government would provide the support needed to help affected families rebuild their lives, he said. He said measures, including the writing off of loans taken by disaster-affected families, were progressing.
