The houses built by Kudumbashree Women Construction Groups for Scheduled Tribe Families of Aralam Panchayath of Kannur district of Kerala were handed over to the beneficiaries on 27 January 2022. The houses are built at Block 9, Aralam Farm, Kannur. Dr. V Sivadasan, MP, Kannur handed over the keys of the three houses built at Aralam Farm to the beneficiaries. Adv. Binoy Kurian, Vice President, District Panchayat, Kannur was the Chief Guest and Shri. K.P Rajesh, President, Aralam Grama Panchayath presided over the function. Smt. Lakshmi Amma, Smt. Bindu and Smt. Santha are the beneficiaries who received the keys of their new houses.
These are the first three houses that are being built for the homeless Scheduled Tribe families in Aralam Panchayath under the leadership of Kudumbashree Women Construction Groups. The houses were constructed jointly two Kudumbashree Women Construction groups in the district namely Jwala Construction Group and Kanal Construction Group. Smt. Cicily Joseph (President), Smt. Nisha Jayaprakash (Secretary), Smt. Bindu Shibin, Smt. Vimala Chandran, Smt. Kumari Subramanian, Smt. Nazeema Rasheed and Smt. Pathumma N.M are the members of the Jwala Construction Group. Whereas, Smt. Aswathy Babu (President), Smt. Pankajakshy K (Secretary), Smt. Safira, Smt. Leela K, Smt. Shaija, Smt. Sreeja, Smt. Sefiya, Smt. Sakeena and Smt. Shahina are the members of the Kanal Construction Group. The houses were completed under the full time supervision of Ms. Nithisha, an M Tech Graduate in Structural Engineering, who is a member of a Kudumbashree family.
Kudumbashree had took up the construction of the houses that are included in the project of Scheduled Tribes Department, Government of Kerala. The average area of the houses are 560 - 580 sqft. Within the next 6 months, construction of 10 more houses would be completed at Aralam. Rs 6 lakhs is the unit cost. Work order has been received for completing the construction of 20 houses. Through this, Kudumbashree aimed at saving the homeless ST families at Aralam from the exploitation of the middlemen in the construction sector. Though it was a tedious task, Kudumbashree was able to achieve the trust of the tribal people. Kudumbashree was able to equip the tribal people to ask questions back to such exploiters. Through such convergence, Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission had succeeded in arranging livelihood for the Women Construction Groups in the district.
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