What did the government do for rehabilitation of Kavalappara disaster victims? Severe criticism by High Court

KOCHI: The High Court has said that the rehabilitation activities of Kavalappara landslide victims are not satisfactory. The government is not doing anything to restore the area. The High Court said that this negligence cannot be tolerated any more. The court also directed the government to answer three questions.

The first question is that what has been done so far to restore the disaster land. The High Court asked what steps had been taken to rehabilitate the disaster victims and what could be done if the land could not be restored. The High court also included Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department as a party in the case.

On the night of August 8, 2019, the Kavalappara village witnessed a disaster that shook the state. People came to know abou the news of the Kavalappara disaster very late because mobile towers and electricity posts were destroyed. The government has not been able to complete the rehabilitation projects in Kavalapara,even after three years of the disaster in which 59 people lost lives. The government had decided to resettle 108 people, including the disaster victims and those who were asked to evacuate from the area. Construction of 24 houses for general category and 32 houses for tribals is half way.