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7,000 houses being readied for tsunami-hit

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NAGAPATTINAM: Nearly 7,000 permanent houses are being readied in various coastal areas and keys would be handed over to tsunami-hit families by the end of next month, Collector Tenkasi S. Jawahar has said.

He was addressing a function after receiving keys of 307 houses and multipurpose disaster shelter constructed by Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) at Thoduvai near Sirkazhi on Tuesday.

The Government had entrusted the task of constructing 18,220 permanent houses to 48 non-governmental organisations and provided land free of cost at 76 places. So far 8,966 houses had been handed over to the beneficiaries.

Health insurance

As many as 88,011 families would get health insurance cover under Prime Minister's Health Insurance Scheme, Mr. Jawahar said. About 62,000 families had so far been identified in 73 villages and photos were taken.

The husband and wife and three children would get health insurance cover and the scheme would be implemented through United India Insurance Company.

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