231 families get new houses under Care Home project

As many as 231 families, who lost their houses in the August floods that battered the state, were given newly-constructed houses by the government. The keys of the houses, provided under the Care Home scheme of the cooperative department, were handed over to beneficiaries at functions held simultaneously in all 14 districts in the state on Tuesday. Chief minister PinarayiVijayan inaugurated the programmes in the state capital, where 16 beneficiaries received the keys of new houses from him. The construction of 231 houses was completed in three months' time. Cooperation minister KadakampallySurendran, who presided over the function held here, said the target of the department was to complete 2,000 houses by April. "Once that is achieved, we will think of taking up the work of another 2,000 houses under the Life Mission, the flagship housing scheme of the government. The successful completion of the first phase of the Care Home project shows how the strength and trust of cooperative department can be channelized towards the larger good of society," he said.