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  • Homeless people get keys for houses beneath ‘Life Mission’ problem in Kerala

    By PTI

    KANNUR: The LDF authorities in Kerala on Saturday handed over residence keys to homeless people in 4 districts beneath its flagship “Life Mission” problem.

    “Project LIFE” (Livelihood, Inclusion, and Financial Empowerment) envisages making Kerala a “zero-homeless” State by providing a home for homeless and landless people.

    As many as 174 financially backward households in Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam and Idukki districts are the beneficiaries, official sources talked about.

    Each flat throughout the 4 housing complexes features a hall, two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and balcony, they talked about.

    “The LDF Govt in Kerala is ensuring #HousingForAll! Today, inaugurated 4 housing complexes, fulfilling the dream of 174 families. Through the #LifeMission over 3,40,040 beneficiaries have already received houses. 1,06,000 more houses will be completed this year,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan talked about in a tweet.

    While Vijayan handed over residence keys to 44 households in Kadambur near proper right here, Ministers Ok N Balagopal and J Chinchurani gave away the keys to beneficiaries at Punalur in southern Kollam district.

    The LDF Govt in Kerala is guaranteeing #HousingForAll! Today, inaugurated 4 housing complexes, fulfilling the dream of 174 households. Through the #LifeMission over 3,40,040 beneficiaries have already acquired houses. 1,06,000 further houses will be achieved this yr. pic.twitter.com/fdzDwQ3bq4

    — Pinarayi Vijayan (@pinarayivijayan) April 8, 2023

    Ministers V N Vasavan and Roshi Augustine distributed the house keys in Vijayapuram in Kottayam and Karimannoor in Idukki districts, respectively.

    During the carry out, the Chief Minister talked about the Life Mission problem has acquired widespread acceptance from all walks of life in society.

    Over 3.40 lakh households should date acquired houses by means of the problem, and the event of over 50,000 houses has been achieved throughout the last financial yr alone.

    “At present, the construction of as many as 64,585 houses is progressing in various stages across the State under the Life Mission project. In the present financial year, as many as 71,861 will be constructed under the initiative,” the Chief Minister detailed.

    The 4 housing complexes inaugurated within the current day have been achieved as part of the 100-day programme commemorating the second anniversary of the Vijayan authorities.

    KANNUR: The LDF authorities in Kerala on Saturday handed over residence keys to homeless people in 4 districts beneath its flagship “Life Mission” problem.

    “Project LIFE” (Livelihood, Inclusion, and Financial Empowerment) envisages making Kerala a “zero-homeless” State by providing a home for homeless and landless people.

    As many as 174 financially backward households in Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam and Idukki districts are the beneficiaries, official sources talked about.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Each flat throughout the 4 housing complexes features a hall, two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and balcony, they talked about.

    “The LDF Govt in Kerala is ensuring #HousingForAll! Today, inaugurated 4 housing complexes, fulfilling the dream of 174 families. Through the #LifeMission over 3,40,040 beneficiaries have already received houses. 1,06,000 more houses will be completed this year,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan talked about in a tweet.

    While Vijayan handed over residence keys to 44 households in Kadambur near proper right here, Ministers Ok N Balagopal and J Chinchurani gave away the keys to beneficiaries at Punalur in southern Kollam district.

    The LDF Govt in Kerala is guaranteeing #HousingForAll! Today, inaugurated 4 housing complexes, fulfilling the dream of 174 households. Through the #LifeMission over 3,40,040 beneficiaries have already acquired houses. 1,06,000 further houses will be achieved this yr. pic.twitter.com/fdzDwQ3bq4
    — Pinarayi Vijayan (@pinarayivijayan) April 8, 2023
    Ministers V N Vasavan and Roshi Augustine distributed the house keys in Vijayapuram in Kottayam and Karimannoor in Idukki districts, respectively.

    During the carry out, the Chief Minister talked about the Life Mission problem has acquired widespread acceptance from all walks of life in society.

    Over 3.40 lakh households should date acquired houses by means of the problem, and the event of over 50,000 houses has been achieved throughout the last financial yr alone.

    “At present, the construction of as many as 64,585 houses is progressing in various stages across the State under the Life Mission project. In the present financial year, as many as 71,861 will be constructed under the initiative,” the Chief Minister detailed.

    The 4 housing complexes inaugurated within the current day have been achieved as part of the 100-day programme commemorating the second anniversary of the Vijayan authorities.

  • Kerala couple cancels haj plan, donates land for ‘Life Mission’ undertaking

    By PTI

    PATHANAMTHITTA: Aranmula residents Jasmine and Haneefa have been making preparations for his or her long-cherished dream of occurring haj and have been ready to promote their land to lift funds for the journey once they had second ideas.

    Instead, the couple, married for over three many years, determined to donate its 28-cent ancestral land to LIFE Mission, the State authorities’s flagship housing scheme for the landless.

    The couple’s resolution got here after it noticed the plight of a neighbour-family dwelling on a rented premises and located it tough to cremate the physique of a member of the family who died just lately.

    “We were planning to sell our property and use the funds for haj pilgrimage. But, in the past couple of months, we saw some incidents in which certain families find it difficult to cremate their family members as they don’t own a property. Such incidents made us rethink our Haj plans,” Haneefa informed PTI.

    He mentioned just lately, an individual handed away in his locality and a neighborhood chief donated his 4 cents of land to that household to conduct final rites and cremation.

    “After that incident, we decided to make use of the land to help the needy instead of going for haj,” Haneefa mentioned.

    Local Self-Government Minister M V Govindan hailed the choice of the couple and mentioned it was an inspiration to society.

    Minister Govindan mentioned the couple was an inspiration to the ahead journey of society which must embrace each human being.

    “People like Haneefa and Jasmine have set an example of humanity and are role models for society,” Govindan mentioned.

    Health Minister Veena George on Sunday visited the home of 57-year-old Haneefa and acquired the settlement at hand over the property for the Life Mission from the couple on behalf of the Aranmula Grama panchayat.

    The land, owned by 48-year-old Jasmine, was acquired beneath the ‘manasodithiri mannu’ marketing campaign of the Left authorities, Govindan mentioned.

    “Till now, the government has received 926.75 cents of land in 13 locations for the Life Mission scheme. Also in 30 locations, 830.8 cents of land have been assured for the Life Mission. The project has also received a sponsorship of Rs 25 crore to construct 1,000 houses,” the Minister mentioned.

    Govindan mentioned he hopes extra folks would come ahead to assist the poor and draw inspiration from the couple.

    The Left authorities has until now handed over 2,95,006 homes to beneficiaries beneath the Life Mission scheme, he mentioned.

    He additionally added that 34,374 homes are at the moment beneath development.

    There are 27 housing complexes which are additionally beneath development, he mentioned.

  • Customs summons Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s spouse for interrogation over iPhone gifted by Unitac head

    By Express News Service
    KOCHI: The Customs has issued a summons to interrogate former CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s spouse Vinodini Balakrishnan for utilizing an iPhone bought by Unitac proprietor Santhosh Eapen. The division has directed Vinodini to seem for interrogation on March 10 on the Customs workplace in Kochi.

    Customs officers instructed The New Indian Express that they served the discover to Vinodhini after a probe discovered that the iPhone with the particular IMEI quantity was utilized by a cell quantity taken within the tackle of Vinodhini. This specific iPhone was considered one of six cellphones which had been distributed by Eapen as a present for awarding him the Vadakancherry Life Mission mission.

    In his assertion to the Customs, Eapen had already revealed that he gave a bribe for acquiring the Life Mission contract. The Customs discovered that he had distributed cellphones to the Chief Minister’s former principal secretary M Sivasankar and extra protocol officer Rajeevan other than the then performing UAE Consul General Rashid Khamis Al Sheimeili. The Customs is learnt to have recovered the SIM card of the telephone.

    The iPhone concern has put senior CPM chief Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who had stepped down as state secretary of the celebration in November final yr, in a decent spot. His son Bineesh Kodiyeri is already in jail in Bengaluru in reference to a medicine case.

  • 2.5 lakh homes constructed below Life Mission, will not let controversies have an effect on improvement: Pinarayi 

    By Express News Service
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Unnecessary controversies won’t deter any improvement initiatives being undertaken by the LDF authorities, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stated. He was asserting the completion of two.5 lakh homes constructed below the Life Mission right here on Thursday.

    “In our society, we have people with varied mindsets. A section of people, who are against any sort of development, created unnecessary controversies,” Pinarayi stated. He was referring to the allegations raised by the Opposition concerning the development of 140 flats at Wadakkancherry sponsored by UAE-based Red Crescent. 

    Pinarayi stated numerous individuals are gearing as much as unleash a slander marketing campaign towards the event tasks launched by the federal government. “The people of the state have already replied through the ballot that such false campaigns will not succeed,” he stated. 

    “The government is not going to abandon any project that benefits people of the state fearing such slander campaigns or allegations,” Pinarayi underscored. 

    The Chief Minister stated Rs 8,823 crore price of works have been accomplished as a part of the primary and second section of the Life Mission regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting its progress. The third section of the Life Mission is progressing at a quick tempo and 85 housing complexes are anticipated to be accomplished by May. 

    “Land has already been identified for construction of 85 housing complexes in the third phase. The work on 52 projects is progressing of which five will be completed within two months. The work on 32 projects is expected to be completed in May,” Pinarayi stated. 

    Earlier within the day, Pinarayi visited a home accomplished below the second section of the Life Mission at Pappad close to Vattiyoorkavu. The Chief Minister attended the home warming ceremony and interacted with Prabha and her household who had been the beneficiaries of the home.

  • Let down by Kerala HC, state strikes SC towards CBI probe

    By Express News Service
    KOCHI: In the case regarding the alleged irregularities within the Wadakkanchery Life Mission challenge, the state authorities on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court looking for to quash the Kerala High Court order dismissing the petitions filed by the Life Mission CEO and Unitac managing director Santhosh Eappen. The petitions in HC had sought to quash the FIR registered by the CBI.

    The authorities submitted that provisions below the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) can’t be invoked towards it and that the CBI investigation is an abuse of the method of legislation. A vigilance enquiry is on with respect to allegations below the Prevention of Corruption Act. 

    The Special Leave Petition filed by the state submitted that the Single Judge had not referred to the rivalry that Life Mission or its officers can’t be introduced below FCRA offences. The authorities had no position within the settlement between UAE Red Crescent, a charitable organisation, and the 2 building corporations Unitac and Sane Ventures, the petition mentioned. The CBI registered the FIR with mala fide intention,  guided by political and extraneous concerns, the petition added.

  • UDF adjustments stand on Life Mission venture

    By Express News Service
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Taking  a softer stand on the Life Mission venture, KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran stated in Kasaragod that the UDF wouldn’t scrap the venture if elected to energy. It ought to be recalled that UDF convener M M Hassan had opened a pandora’s field on the eve of the native physique elections, after stating that the UDF, if it returns to energy, would scrap the venture launched by LDF.

    Mullappally’s assertion comes a day after the High Court rejected the plea towards a CBI probe into Life Mission funding. Mullappally stated that the social gathering has acquired a transparent stand on Life Mission venture, which has been a pet venture of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. He additionally added that if the UDF involves energy, housing can be ensured for all residents within the state, as they have been responsibility sure to do the identical.

     “The government’s stand that the CBI probe into the project is aimed to sabotage it is not right. The scam behind it has to be probed. That is what the Opposition has been relentlessly demanding. It was the Congress-led government that first envisaged housing for the homeless. That record still stands in our name,” stated Mullapally.

  • UDF levels walkout over Wadakkanchery Life Mission rip-off in Kerala

    By Express News Service
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The UDF on Wednesday staged a walkout from the Assembly protesting after permission was denied for adjournment movement to debate alleged corruption in Life Mission’s Wadakkanchery undertaking.

    Moving the movement, native MLA Anil Akkara sought a dialogue on the the involvement of the Chief Minister’s Office within the irregularities detected in Wadakkanchery housing undertaking, which is at the moment being probed by the CBI.

    Anil mentioned that Life Mission’s Wadakkanchery undertaking was embroiled in corruption to the tune of a number of crores. “The government and the gold-smuggling accused had a joint stake in this scam, ” he mentioned.

    Anil additional mentioned that the allegations of corruption sprang up when the land was bought in Wadakkanchery to assemble the flats. The UAE Red Crescent provided to affix the undertaking on the request of M Sivasankar, the previous Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.

    Anil additionally questioned the federal government declare that the flats have been to be constructed for the flood victims and mentioned the High Court order permitting the CBI to probe the case vindicated his stand that the undertaking entailed corruption.

    Local Self Government minister AC Moideen, in his reply mentioned that the UDF was attempting to tarnish the Life Mission and the federal government had no monetary stakes within the Wadakkanchery undertaking. “It was the UAE Red Crescent that offered financial aid and the government had no financial liabilities in the particular project,” he mentioned.

    He additionally alleged that the UDF has joined fingers with the central companies to dam authorities tasks within the state. With Speaker denying permission for the movement, UDF members staged a stroll out from the House.

  • Kerala Life Mission rip-off: CBI can probe however prison legal responsibility cannot be prolonged to politicians, says HC

    Express News Service
    KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the CBI to proceed the investigation within the alleged Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) violations over funds obtained from a overseas sponsor for implementation of the Life Mission housing mission at Wadakkancherry in Thrissur district.

    The case regarding the Life Mission, the Kerala authorities’s flagship housing mission for the homeless, includes a corruption allegation into the award of the contract to assemble 144 flats in Thrissur district’s Wadakkancherry to Unitac, a development firm, on the behest of M Sivasankar, the then principal secretary of the chief minister in 2019. For this goal, Dubai-based Red Crescent signed an MoU with the Life Mission to supply monetary support (AED 10 million or Rs 20 crore) to construct the dwellings, the contract for which was given to Unitac.

    Justice P Somarajan in his order additionally indicated the function of senior authorities officers within the alleged corruption within the housing mission saying the “very nature of the mischief done in furtherance of MoU would suggest the involvement of highly educated professionals – a mastermind behind it”.

    The courtroom, nonetheless, made it clear that prison legal responsibility can’t be prolonged to political executives together with the chief minister, ministers, and legislatures merely on the bottom that they’ve taken a coverage determination to implement the mission.

    The courtroom additionally vacated the keep for the probe whereas dismissing the petition filed by the CEO of LIFE Mission and Santhosh Eappen, MD of Unitac looking for to quash the FIR towards them.

    The courtroom identified that it was a recognized undeniable fact that the LIFE Mission is a mission formulated and launched by the state authorities primarily based on a coverage determination. “Then it is up to the civil servants, the non-political executive (permanent executive) to implement it by due process of law. The typical nature of the facts involved in the case would reveal a high profile intellectual fraud played in furtherance of MoU to avoid an audit by CAG and to get kickbacks and gratifications,” the courtroom famous.

    The job of the non-political government is to make sure correct implementation of legal guidelines handed by the legislature and to “check and balance” whereas formulating and implementing coverage selections below the regulation in pressure. The perform of IAS officers, who’re the everlasting government (non-political government), is to help the political government (the chief minister, ministers, and the legislature) to formulate and execute coverage selections, in addition to the executive issues, the courtroom stated.

    The officers’ failure to handle the difficulty or mischief, if any, within the matter of its implementation of the housing mission, can’t, by itself, be a floor to increase any prison legal responsibility towards the political government, except the identical was dropped at their discover with its authorized penalties in writing or by meaning they’ve obtained a private profit with data of the breach or mischief performed.

    “Even proactive steps taken by the political executive in the implementation of the project/policy decisions may not, by itself, make them responsible for any criminal liability, especially in a case of this nature, wherein a well designed and intelligently hidden agenda was scrupulously employed by the civil servants in connivance with the middleman, the Consulate General of UAE, Trivandrum, unless it was known or made known to them with its legal consequences specified in writing by the civil servants, who are bound to do it by exercising a healthy confrontation,” noticed the courtroom.

    In this case, it seems that the alleged violations had been on the time of implementation of a part of the LIFE Mission mission by the everlasting members connected to it – the IAS officers with Swapna Suresh, Sandeep Nair, Sarith, Santhosh Eappen and their allies. “The mere fact that a policy decision was taken by the chief minister, the ministers or the legislature, may not by itself be sufficient to extend criminal liability against them for the wrong done by the non-political executive attached with the project and their allies,” it stated.