KCR approves 350 houses for Malayali community members in Hyd

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today sanctioned 350 two-bedroom houses for economically-backward members of the Malayali community residing in the city. Speaking in the presence of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a 'Kerala Bhavan' here, Rao said, "I have just received a list of 350 members of poorest of the poor Malayalis settled in Hyderabad. "I am announcing we are sanctioning double-bedroom houses for them with immediate effect." Earlier, on February 1, Rao had announced the allotment of one acre land for the Bhavan and Rs 1 crore as financial assistance towards the construction of the building. Chandy had offered five acres land for the construction of a Telangana Bhavan at Nilackal near Sabarimala for Ayyappa devotees from the state.