Mangaluru: The concluding ceremony of first of its kind ‘Redrocks ‘Home-a-Thon’ witnessed a large number of home aspirants here at the head office of Redrocks on Airport Road, Yeyyadi in the city on January 7.

In his welcome address at the formal function, Prashanth Rasquinha, COO of Redrocks Group thanked all those who made the event success.

U T Khader, minister for Health and Family Welfare too appreciated the efforts of Prashanth Rasquinha, who has come up with a novel idea of providing homes at an affordable price mainly for the middle class families.

He also asked the COO to join the government in providing houses to the poor. “House is a basic necessity. Getting an house for an affordable price in Mangaluru is a biggest challenge now. Having such n event, with all provisions is a good initiative”, he complimented.

Mayor Mahabala Marla expressed his gratitude to Prashanth Rasquinha for coming forward to serve the middle class people. He said, “The cost of flats in Mangaluru is so high that the middle class people do not even have power to hold the brochures. Many middle class people of society are finding hard to buy a house for them. I wish more success to Prashanth Rasquinha in the coming years to serve the society even in a better way. The MCC is ready to give all the support required for the noble cause of serving the society, he added.

Meanwhile, the membership card and a surprise gift were handed over to the buyers of  flats in Redrocks, followed by an announcement of lucky draw winner.

Deputy Mayor Kavita, State Bank of India’s regional manager Kadri Gundu Rao, Corporator Asha D’Silva, Avlyn Patrao, Joyce Rasquinha were present at the occasion. Gloria Jovita Pais, Sales promotions and customer relations manager of Redrocks proposed the vote of thanks.