Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will on Monday hand over the keys for new flats for 320 families at Mathippuram, near the Vizhinjam fishing harbour, under the second phase of the Rajiv Awaz Yojana (RAY) housing project. The RAY project at Mathippuram has been envisaged to construct flats for 1,032 families in the fishing community.
In the first phase, which was completed a few years ago, houses were provided to 222 families. The third phase of construction will begin soon to rehabilitate homeless fish worker families.
Minister for Local Self-Government M.V. Govindan will preside over the function. Ministers V. Sivankutty, Antony Raju, Saji Cherian and G.R. Anil, Shashi Tharoor, MP, M. Vincen, MLA, Mayor Arya Rajendran and Corporation standing committee chairpersons will be present.