Kollam, December 26: Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today paid homage to those who lost their lives in the deadly tsunami which struck the coastal areas of the state five years ago, claiming 176 lives.
The Chief Minister handed over keys of 60 houses constructed as part of a tsunami rehabilitation programme, to beneficiaries at Mudakara in the district.
Assuring people that rehabilitation programmes would be completed on a war-footing, Achuthanandan said all those who had lost their houses in tsunami would get houses in the next two years.
Revenue Minister K P Rajendran paid floral tributes to those killed at Allapad panchayat in the district, where 143 people died. The coastal areas of Kollam were the worst affected.
Floral tributes were also paid at the memorials at Allappad and Azhikel beaches.
–PTI