Eighteen years after 316 families were evicted for the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal, they remain without proper rehabilitation. On February 6, 2008, 10 families were forcefully removed, a day now called Moolampilly Day and marked by protests until this year. "The absence of political will seems to have emboldened continuing official indifference to the plight of evictees," said Francis Kalathungal, general convener of the Moolampilly Coordination Committee (MCC). No protest took place this year, possibly the first in 18 years. The Moolampilly Package Monitoring Committee (MPMC), chaired by the District Collector, has not met in six months. "So far, 41 evictees have died without enjoying the fruits of rehabilitation," Kalathungal added. Minutes from the last meeting on August 22, 2025, were never released, and no decisions were implemented. Monthly meetings now should be chaired by the Deputy Collector, but none have been held. Key rehabilitation steps have stalled. Photo ID cards for evictees, promised since 2018, remain unissued despite beneficiary lists given by MCC. A plan to use dredged soil from the Cochin Port Authority to improve housing plots was ignored; instead, the soil was used for highway work. The Kerala High Court ordered proper filling and a retaining wall for plots at Adarsh Nagar in Thuthiyoor. The wall is done, but land filling is incomplete, and only three families have built homes there. The court also directed in 2008 that plots be fit for two-storey houses and that families receive ₹5,000 monthly rent until homes are built. Neither rule has been followed. The marshy land makes construction hard, confirmed by the Public Works department, and rent payments stopped years ago. The evictee families continue to wait for justice and relief after nearly two decades.