Minister for Co-operation Kadakampally Surendran handed over the keys of the 2000th house under the Co-operation Department's Care Home project to Siddharthan, a tailor from Kumarapuram, on Saturday. The project was launched to provide houses for those left homeless by the unprecedented floods of 2018. The keys were handed over at a function organised as part of the ‘Co-operation day celebrations. The Department of Co-operation provided ₹5 lakh for each house, with the local co-operative societies pitching in with their profit shares. Flood resilient designs, with houses on raised pillars, have been used for many of the houses located in flood-prone areas.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2020 16:40 UTC