New Delhi: In a significant outreach to families devastated by the July 30, 2024 landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will on Thursday lay the foundation stone for houses being constructed by the Congress for survivors of the Chooralmala–Mundakkai disaster along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
According to party leaders, Rahul Gandhi, who represented Wayanad in Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024, will lay the foundation stone for the Congress built houses for the landslide victims.
The foundation laying ceremony will be held at Kalpetta at 2.30 p.m. where Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will perform the ceremony.
Rahul Gandhi will arrive at Kannur Airport in the morning and, after attending a farmers’ meeting in Peravoor, Kannur, he will proceed to Kalpetta for the function.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi had toured Wayanad after the landslide. The housing initiative is being projected by the party as part of its long-term rehabilitation commitment to families affected by the catastrophic landslides that struck the hill district on July 30, 2025.
Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi will participate in the DISHA meeting at the Collectorate in the morning and at 1.30 p.m., she will hand over advanced equipment for the Forest Department’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) at the Kalpetta MP Office. The party leaders said that the equipment has been arranged through JSW’s CSR fund at her initiative. Earlier, she had also facilitated a modern vehicle for the department.
Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi on February 27 will inaugurate the laboratory of the Kalikavu Service Co-operative Bank in the morning and in the afternoon, she will inaugurate the Silver Jubilee celebrations of MES School, Kaithapoyil (Thiruvambady) and lay the foundation stone for a new block.
She will also visit the proposed Churam Bypass Road site at Chippilithodu.
On February 28, she will visit the proposed Bairakuppa bridge project site, attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Knanaya Catholic Church, and visit the residence of Kooman of Pulpally, who was killed in a tiger attack.
She will also participate in the key handover ceremony for houses constructed by the IUML for the Chooralmala–Mundakkai disaster victims.
