Congress Discloses Accounts Of Funds Received For Wayanad Rehab

KPCC chief Sunny Joseph on Saturday said that the Congress has received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account set up for Wayanad rehabilitation and used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims. 

Joseph said that, in addition to the funds received in the account operated jointly by him and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan, the Youth Congress collected around Rs 1.05 crore for rehabilitation



efforts.

"The amounts collected were used to buy land in Wayanad in two phases for building homes for those who lost their properties in the July 2024 landslides, which claimed over 200 lives," the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee chief said in a press conference here. 

In the first phase, land measuring 3 acres and 24.5 cents was purchased for around Rs 3.68 crore. In the second phase, 2 acres and 15 cents were acquired for slightly over Rs 2.5 crore, he said.