KOCHI: The Koothattukulam municipality has accorded sanction to two separate projects by the Central and state governments to build apartment complex for the homeless/landless in the municipal corporation.
Under the state government’s ‘Life Project’, 24 families would receive apartments in the four-storey apartment complex being built at Venkulam, municipal chairman Prince Paul John said in a statement here on Monday.
The state government’s ‘One project in one district’ will witness Koothattukulam getting the first preference to build the flat-complex for the homeless in Ernakulam district.
The state government has entrusted builders’ association Credai with the designing and construction activities. While the Koothattukulam municipality will share 20 per cent of the construction cost, the remaining 80 per cent will be borne by the state government.
“The municipality has informed the state government that the works on the project will begin before the LDF government’s first anniversary on May 20,” said Prince Paul John.
Similarly, the state government has proposed Koothattukulam municipality’s name for implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Housing for All in Kerala.
Under this, the Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council of the Union Government will construct an apartment complex to house 40 families in Koothattukulam. “We expect an approval for this project from New Delhi soon,” said the chairman. “The municipality hopes to complete the project within three months,” he said.
“The municipal corporation has informed the state government its decision to set aside one-and-half acres in Venkulam Colony for the flat complexes,” Prince Paul John said.