The twin apartment complex inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Thuruthy on Saturday (September 27, 2025). The complexes will rehabilitate 394 families from Thuruthy colony in West Kochi.
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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the twin apartment towers built at Thuruthy near Fort Kochi was a model for the entire country.He was delivering the inaugural address at the commissioning of the housing project for 394 families from Thuruthy colony on Saturday (September 27, 2025). “When the government put forward the idea of housing for all, many dismissed it as impossible. The government went ahead overcoming people who dismissed it and objected needlessly,” Mr. Vijayan said.The government has so far built around four lakh houses in the State. Ernakulam alone has received 40,000 houses. The multi-storey apartments in Fort Kochi is in addition to that. Mr. Vijayan said that attempts were being made to sabotage the government’s welfare projects.Attempts were made to disrupt not just LIFE Mission but even welfare pension. There was even opposition to the K-FON project, which aimed to provide Internet connection to the poor, the Chief Minister said, adding that people had begun to realise that attempts were being made to disrupt welfare projects. Mr. Vijayan stressed the need to remain united for the welfare of the poor despite differences in political beliefs.
