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- Residents of the P&T Apartment Complex in Mundamveli, west Kochi, are staging an indefinite protest that has stretched beyond 50 days over severe construction flaws in their rehabilitation housing.
- The Greater Cochin Development Authority built the two-tower complex at a cost of about ₹15 crore to shift 78 families out of the flood-prone P&T Colony, moving them in on January 31, 2024.
- The flats suffer from worsening leaks, toilets sending filth into kitchens below, a scarce and irregular drinking water supply of about 5,000 litres for over 400 people, and cracked overhead water tanks that residents fear may collapse.
- A family with a nine-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy cannot use the upper floors safely because the building has no elevator, and children have been missing school over the unhygienic conditions.
- The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has sought a report from the GCDA on the leakage, and the outcome matters for how rehabilitation housing failures are held to account in Kerala.
What to watch next
- The GCDA's response to the Kerala State Human Rights Commission's report request on the leakage.
- Whether the IIT Madras-recommended rectification measures are carried out and funded.
- Resolution of residents' allegations about violation of distance norms from the 110 kV power line.
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K. Chandran Pillai
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“The steel-based structure was approved by the Local Self-Government department. A competent authority must provide long-term solutions, identify sources of funding, and fix accountability”
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…K. Chandran Pillai, under whose tenure as GCDA chairperson the project was commissioned, attributed the problems of the apartment complex to design flaws incompatible with the region’s climate and high temperatures. “ The steel-based structure was approved by the Local Self-Government department. A competent authority must provide long-term solutions, identify sources of funding, and fix accountability ,” he remarks. In 2025, the GCDA terminated the services of the contractor, Thrissur District Labour Contract Co-operative Society (TDLC), fixing a liability of around ₹4 crore under the Defects Liability Period, which…
Why it matters4
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- P&T Apartment Complex residents unlivable housing conditions· immediate
- P&T Apartment Complex residents protest action· days
- GCDA (Greater Cochin Development Authority) accountability scrutiny· weeks
- GCDA (Greater Cochin Development Authority) remediation cost pressure· weeks
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Named India · Mundamveli · Thrissur District Labour Contract Co-operative Society · Abhilash P. Parameswaran · Greater Cochin Development Authority · IIT-Madras · K. Chandran Pillai · Kerala State Human Rights Commission · Kochi Corporation · Mohammed Shiyas · Poornima Narayanan · P&T Apartment Owners Association
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