Launch of housing scheme in Koothattukulam 

 The state government’s ambitious project ‘Life’, aimed at providing houses to the homeless, and the distribution of the first instalment of the financial aid under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) in the district will be inaugurated in Koothattukulam municipality on Friday.

KOCHI: The state government’s ambitious project ‘Life’, aimed at providing houses to the homeless, and the distribution of the first instalment of the financial aid under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) in the district will be inaugurated in Koothattukulam municipality on Friday.


The Koothattukulam municipality has been accorded the sanction to implement both the projects in Ernakulam district.


Minister for Local-Self Government K T Jaleel will inaugurate the function at the Koothattukulam Town Hall at 5.30 pm. Anoop Jacob MLA will preside over the function. The PMAY financial assistance will be distributed by Jose K Mani MP.


Under the ‘Life’ project, 100 beneficiaries were selected - 83 by the municipality and 17 through a survey conducted by Kudumbashree workers - in the municipality.  The Koothattukulam municipality has provided one acre of land at Chambamala for the project, said municipal chairman Prince Paul John.


While 25 families will benefit from the ‘Life’ project, 60 families will get aid under the Central Government’s PMAY scheme. The first instalment of `30,000 will be given to 51 beneficiaries on Friday.

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