Kochi : The houses constructed by Muthoot Pappachan Group for 11 families who lost their dwellings in Chellanam during the 2018 natural calamity were handed over to the owners at a function held at St. Saviour's Church Parish Hall, Kandakkadav, on Monday. Hibi Eden MP handed over the keys and delivered the keynote address.
Speaking on the occasion, Hibi Eden said that the social welfare activities undertaken by Muthoot Blue in different parts of the country are benefiting thousands of deserving people. Muthoot Fincorp Director Thomas George Muthoot said that 11 houses were built in Chellanam as part of various social service projects that Muthoot Papachan Foundation, the CSR arm of Muthoot Papachan Group, has been undertaking for years. He also said that 15 more houses would be constructed in the second phase at Chellanam.
He added that this project would continue and the next phase would start soon with people's representatives pointing out that there are many more people who have lost their houses in the Chellanam area while many applications have been received through the branches of Muthoot Fincorp. Apart from the beneficiaries of these fully reconstructed houses, around ten other families in the area who received immediate assistance from Muthoot for house repair work also participated in the program.
Muthoot Fincorp Director Thomas George Muthoot, Executive Director Thomas Muthoot, Remy Muthoot, Muthoot Microfin Manager and Muthoot Pappachan Group Corporate Strategy and Planning Manager Susanna Muthoot, Chellanam Panchayat President Joseph KL, Ward Councilors Mary Lijin, Pius Albi Kalluveetil, Muthoot Capital Services COO Madhu Aloysius, Muthoot Pappachan Group CSR Head Dr. Prashanth Kumar Nellikal and Muthoot Capital Services Senior AVP Priya A Menon participated.
The Muthoot Pappachan Group had built houses for 33 families in Chittar, Mezhuveli, Kadambanad and Ayirur in Pathanamthitta district who lost their homes in the 2018 floods, as part of the Rebuild Kerala project in collaboration with the State Government.
