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Permanent shelters in north Chennai in two months

Sandhya Soman

Chennai Collector directed to finalise the list fast

WORK IN PROGRESS: Permanent shelters for the tsunami-affected coming up at Tondiarpet. — Photo: M. Vedhan

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CHENNAI: The Government will allot permanent houses to those displaced by the December 2004 tsunami from the north Chennai coastal belt by February 2007, said C.V. Shankar, officer on special duty (Relief and Rehabilitation).

Mr. Shankar on Monday told The Hindu that the Chennai Collector has been directed to go on fast track with the list-making so that allotments could be made in a transparent and fast manner.

The multi-storeyed tenements are nearing completion at Tondiarpet on a five-acre plot, donated by Hindustan Lever.

Residents agitated

Residents of the temporary shelter at Ernavoor, who were looking forward to moving to the new houses, were agitated on Monday when Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) officials reportedly told them that they would be accommodated on a plot at Ernavoor itself.

According to senior officials, the confusion could have resulted from the fact there are only 1,392 houses at the Tondiarpet settlement.

The number of beneficiaries is close to 2,000 and less than 1,000 occupy the temporary shelters in Ernavoor.

Blueprint

They said the tsunami-affected were approached for making a blueprint for constructing more shelters at the proposed plot for the rest of the beneficiaries. However, the officials made it clear that rest of the allotments for the tsunami affected would be made only after accommodating the Ernavoor settlement residents at the Tondiarpet tenements.

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