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Houses for tsunami victims handed over

Help: R. Bhakther Solomon, left, CEO, DPG, handing over the keys of permanent houses to K.S. Kandasamy, DRO (Relief and Rehabilitation) at Vellapallam village in Nagapattinam district.

NAGAPATTINAM: The Chennai-based Development Promotion Group (DPG), a non-governmental organisation, on Thursday evening handed over 111 permanent houses to the tsunami victims at Vellapallam village in Nagapattinam district.

R. Bhakther Solomon, Chief Executive Officer of the DPG, handed over the keys of the houses to K.S. Kandasamy, District Revenue Officer (Relief and Rehabilitation), Nagapattinam at a function in Vellapallam. Mr. Kandasamy in turn handed over the houses to the beneficiaries. The houses were built at a cost of Rs.3.25 crore with support from Diatonic Emergency Aid (DEA), Germany and Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED), Germany, he said. Mr. Kandasamy appreciated the DPG for carrying out tsunami relief and rehabilitation activities from the beginning and for constructing the permanent houses adhering to the Government norms and guidelines and using best quality materials. He said that the district administration was taking steps to complete handing over of the permanent houses in a few months time.

Mr. Bhakther Solomon said that the DPG was carrying out tsunami relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activity in 12 villages in the tsunami-hit Nagapattinam and Tuticorin districts in Tamil Nadu and also in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh in the last three years.

He said that nearly Rs.32 crore had so far been spent for providing relief and rehabilitation services. S.K. Vedarathinam, MLA spoke.

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