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Breaking the male-bastion: 20-member group of women construct house in Kerala

All women group in a small village construct 475-square feet house in Kerala.

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An all-women group in a small village constructed 475-square feet house in Kerala.

This group of Nirmanashree Constructions have been challenging the stereotypes oh a male-dominated industry. The 20 members all-women group have set new standards by completing their first building at Elamdesham village in Kerala's Idukki district. 

These women, who have completed the construction of 475-square feet house in a matter of fewer than two months, belong to the nearby village named Velliyamattom. 


These women have been trained to become qualified masons, good enough to take on their male counterparts. Furthermore, the group of women are already in the final stages of talks for their next project. 

All these women in the group were engaged either in household chores or worked as daily-wage labourers under the "right to work" programme of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

"But thanks to our Velliyamattom village council president Sheeba Rajasekheran, we have turned professional," Suja, 43, who left college to get married after failing her B.Com examinations, told IANS proudly. 

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