Minister-level meeting seeks report on relocation, rehabilitation plans for P&T Colony residents from Ernakulam Collector

KOCHI A high-level meeting chaired by Minister for Local Self-Government K.M. Shaji in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday sought a report from the Ernakulam District Collector on the temporary relocation of 78 families of P&T Apartment Complex at Mundamveli and the feasibility of potential permanent rehabilitation packages. District Collector G.

Priyanka has been asked to submit the report within a fortnight. The indefinite stir by the families, demanding permanent rehabilitation citing the pitiable condition of the apartments, has crossed 100 days. A Minister-level meeting had been one of the key demands raised by the P&T Apartment Complex Protest Committee.

Kochi MLA Mohammed Shiyas had submitted a memorandum to the Minister outlining three possible rehabilitation packages. “A new housing project, a one-time financial assistance package for the affected residents similar to the one offered by the Kochi Corporation to the evictees of the Konthuruthy puramboke, and government financial support for the housing project.