Kerala's New Model Township: Rebuilding Amid Central Government Challenges

Kerala's Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, expressed dissatisfaction over inadequate support from the central government for landslide rehabilitation in Wayanad. A Rs 529.50 crore loan was sanctioned, but Vijayan deemed it insufficient. A new model township, with homes for victims, is being developed on government land in Kalpetta.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has criticized the central government for not providing sufficient aid for rehabilitating victims of last year's landslides in the Chooralmala-Mundakkai areas.

Vijayan highlighted that the Centre only sanctioned a loan of approximately Rs 529.50 crore under its capital investment scheme, which he argues is inadequate for the rehabilitation efforts. He laid the foundation stone for a new model township to support those displaced by the disaster.

The township, located on government-acquired land in Elston Estate at Kalpetta, will feature single-storeyed homes on seven-cent plots across 64 hectares. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also attended the ceremony.

(With inputs from agencies.)