Mukund Kumar said his house was severely damaged on July 5 last year when strong winds during the southwest monsoon tore off the asbestos roofing sheets of his two-room house. The sheets, which had been welded for reinforcement, were reportedly blown nearly half a kilometre away. Heavy rain subsequently flooded the house, destroying household belongings and rendering it uninhabitable.

"I have been forced to rebuild by borrowing money from several people. If I had waited any longer, I would have had to continue living in a shop during this monsoon as well," he said, expressing both distress and anger over the lack of government response.

Mukund Kumar, who works as a carpenter, also said that his tools, equipment and a small machine set used for his livelihood were damaged in the incident, leaving him without income. He shifted to a rented shop space immediately after the disaster and continues to live there.

According to him, officials from the panchayat and village office visited the site shortly after the incident and prepared an initial damage assessment report. He also submitted an application for compensation, following which engineers from the panchayat reportedly estimated the loss and forwarded the report through the village office.

The application was then moved from the Klayikode village office to the taluk office, then to the collectorate, and eventually to the state-level authorities in Thiruvananthapuram. However, Mukund Kumar alleges that no further action has been taken since.

He also claimed that repeated attempts to follow up through the Chief Minister's grievance redressal cell yielded no resolution. "I was only told that officials would contact me, but no one ever did," he said.

Mukund Kumar estimates that he has already borrowed around ₹2 lakh to begin reconstruction work on his house in the absence of any government compensation.

Meanwhile, residents of Klayikode village allege that not a single family in the region has received compensation for monsoon-related house damage over the past two years. More than ten households in Klayikkode and nearby areas such as Vellatt are reportedly still awaiting relief.

The region witnessed significant destruction during the 2024 southwest monsoon and subsequent heavy rains, with multiple houses partially or fully damaged due to strong winds, uprooted trees, roof collapse, and flooding. In several cases, asbestos sheets and tiled roofs were blown away, while structural damage was reported in homes across the area.

Despite detailed damage assessments reportedly being prepared at the village level and forwarded through taluk and district offices within weeks of the incidents, affected residents claim that compensation under the monsoon damage relief scheme has not been disbursed even after prolonged delays.