Wayanad, Feb. 28 -- The Kerala state government has announced that the first phase of the Wayanad Model Township will be officially inaugurated on March 1.

It comes as a major milestone for the rehabilitation of those displaced by the devastating Chooralmala and Mundakkai landslides in Wayanad.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will lead the ceremony at Elston Estate in Kalpetta, where he will distribute title deeds to the first group of beneficiaries who lost everything in the disaster.

Originally scheduled for late February, the event marks the completion of 178 single-storey houses out of a planned 410, providing a secure and permanent residence for over 1,600 people once the entire project is finished. Each 1,000-square-foot home is ...