With just a few days left for Onam, 51-year-old K. Sundaran, a mason and builder, is busy giving finishing touches to the five houses constructed by him on 25 cents at Kolikadavu Thenkola in Iritty.
Mr. Sundaran has constructed several houses in the past 20 years. This time, however, it is not to sell and make a profit. But for gifting it to the poorest of the poor, who have no land and roof over their heads.
All the money that went into making the houses have been raised from his savings. It was a collective decision by him and his family to construct and hand over the buildings, said Mr. Sundaran.
