Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam is an Indian

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Kizhakkambalam Kizhakkambalam is an eastern suburb of the city of Kochi in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. It is regarded as a model panchayat for its various development activities and is a part of the Kunnathunad tehsil of the Ernakulam district. Demog ...

Ernakulam district Ernakulam, ; ISO: ''Eṟaṇākuḷaṁ'', in Malayalam: എറണാകുളം), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, that takes its name from the eponymous city division in Kochi. It is situated in the central part o ...

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. The prime objective of the organization is to make Kizhakkambalam Grama Panchayat the best Grama

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in India by 2020. This organization won the elections in the local body elections in 2015.

History

Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam is a

promoted by the Kitex Garments, a garment exporting company part of the

Anna Kitex Group Anna Kitex Group (also known as Kitex) is an Indian conglomerate founded by M. C. Jacob in 1968 and based in Kizhakkambalam, Ernakulam in Kerala. The group initially made aluminum products such as kitchen utensils and cookware in the 1970s, and l ...

—ranked in

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's 200 Best Under A Billion Dollar companies. In the 2015 Grama Panchayat elections, the organization won 17 out of 19 seats in the village council and secured 69 percent of vote share. According to Sabu M. Jacob, the Managing Director of Kitex Garments, the victory was because of the failure of the prevailing political parties. Kitex Garments disbursed its

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(CSR) funds for the development and welfare schemes undertaken by Twenty20.

Development activities

Twenty20 has taken lead in providing drinking water to the people of Kizhakkambalam. They have also taken interest in making toilets; repairing houses; sponsoring surgeries and wedding; building places of worship and donating seeds and agricultural implements. The organization runs a grocery shop in Kizhakkambalam supplying vegetables and groceries at half the market price. 7,000 families are visiting the market regularly to buy provisions. During the 2020 Kerala Local body elections, party has won nine seats in Aikkaranadu panchayat, five seats in Kunnathunad and five seats in Mazhuvannur higher than the 17 of the 19 seats in Kizhakkambalam in 2015.

Anti alcohol movement

Twenty20 promised to make Kizhakkambalam an alcohol free village. This was the main offer of the organization during the election campaign in November, 2015. And they kept their word by closing down the only beverage outlet available in this area.

References

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