Displaced for SmartCity project feel let down

They were moved out of their homes where many of them had lived for generations. Fifty eight families, including 18 nuclear families, were displaced from their property and home at Edachira for the ambitious SmartCity Kochi project. Though the authorities hailed the package given to the displaced families as a model one setting a benchmark for future land acquisitions not everyone was satisfied. Pareethukunju, convener of the action council for families displaced by SmartCity Kochi, the government had fixed land rates, starting from Rs. The waterline to the rehabilitation land was readied only a few months back, while the road is yet to materialize,” Mr. Pareethukunju said.