Wayanad Township, Wayanad, Kerala

Wayanad Township, Wayanad Wayanad Township
Township
Wayanad Township in Wayanad-district
Wayanad Locator map, Kerala
Coordinates: 11°35′59″N76°00′46″E / 11.599662°N 76.012647°E / 11.599662; 76.012647
Wayanad district	Kerala
Settled	2025
Area
• Total	0.64 sq mi (0.64 km2)
• Land	0.64 sq mi (0.64 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Population
• Estimate  ()	5,000
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)

Wayanad Township is a proposed township in , Wayanad district, Kerala, India. The township, which is planned to be built on 64 hectares in the Kalpetta Elston Estate, is a township planned by the Central, ^[1] Kerala governments ^[2] and charity organizations to restore the villages destroyed by the Wayanad landslide and to provide shelter to families who survived the 2024 Wayanad landslides. ^{[3] [4]} The township is planned to be built in two phases. The township project will build 1,000 square feet of houses for those who lost their homes. ^{[5] [6]}

History

This is a township project of the Kerala government to rehabilitate the survivors of the Wayanad landslide in Wayanad Kerala. This township is planned in Elstone Estate in Meppadi in Wayanad district and its initial works are planned to start in March 2025. ^{[7] [8]} This township has been proposed on the basis of the Kerala Cabinet meeting. The first phase of Elstone Estate, located in the municipal area. Based on the list of disaster-affected families prepared by the Wayanad district, the Wayanad District Collector has included 430 families in this township. In this township, each beneficiary has been reorganized into 7 cent plots. ^[9]

See also

• Wayanad landslide
• Wayanad
• Township

References

1. "Centre sanctions Rs 529.50-cr loan for Wayanad with March 31 deadline for utilisation". The Statesman . February 14, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
2. "Centre sanctions Rs 529.50-cr loan for Wayanad with March 31 deadline for utilisation". Kerala Kaumudi . October 14, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
3. "Wayanad - Township homes will withstand disasters". Times of India . March 11, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
4. "Two townships for Mundakkai-Chooralmala resettlement; 1000 sq ft houses for survivors". Mathrubhumi . January 1, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
5. "Wayanad landslides: Foundation stone for rehabilitation township to be laid on March 27". The Hindu . March 11, 2025. Archived from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
6. "Rs 750 crore township project unveiled for rehabilitation of Wayanad landslides victims". The New Indian Express . January 2, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
7. "CM Pinarayi Vijayan to lay foundation stone for Wayanad township on March 27". The New Indian Express . March 12, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
8. Varma, Vishnu (March 12, 2025). "Township in Wayanad to be unveiled on March 27". Hindustan Times . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
9. "Township in Wayanad to be unveiled on March 27". Kerala Kaumudi . January 1, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.