T.Okay. Pareekutty Haji, former chairman of the Orphanage Management Board and the founding member of Koduvally Muslim Orphanage, handed away at his home close to Nadakkavu in Kozhikode on Tuesday. He was 101.
Pareekutty Haji, who was the president of Koduvally grama panchayat for 5 years from 1960, had held key positions in numerous distinguished organisations. It was throughout his tenure as president that the Koduvally panchayat witnessed a serious leap within the improvement of roads and bridges.
In 1978, he initiated steps for an orphanage at Koduvally. He was additionally instrumental in putting coin bins in 1000’s of native homes to mobilise funds for the orphanage kids. On account of his devoted service, the orphanage received nationwide recognition in 1992 as the perfect little one welfare establishment.
Pareekutty Haji was additionally amongst those that fought for the speedy improvement of Karipur worldwide airport in its preliminary days. Even whereas scaling the heights of enterprise, he was eager to become involved in numerous neighborhood providers and welfare of the poor. He was laid to relaxation on the Kakkadan Chalil Juma Masjid graveyard on Tuesday evening.
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