Chellanam panchayat president to focus on checking sea erosion
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Election of the president of Vazhakkualam panchayat postponed
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Election of the president of Vazhakkualam panchayat postponed
Veteran CPI(M) leader K. D. Prasad, vice-president in the outgoing council, was elected president of the Chellanam panchayat on Wednesday.
He said that the first priority for the panchayat would be to persuade the State government to take up measures against the problem of sea erosion. The village of Chellanam has been at the receiving end of extreme weather condition. The cyclonic storm Ockhi hit the coast of Chellanam in 2017 December severely and several houses were damaged. Since then, periodic sea intrusion has affected the village. Mr. Prasad said that the panchayat also wanted the government to include dozens of damaged houses in the Life Mission programme to be rebuilt at the earliest.