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They stage day-long hunger strike TAMBARAM: Led by representatives of major political parties, residents of Tiruvalluvar Nagar in Palavakkam went on a day-long hunger strike on Thursday, as part of their efforts to resist reported attempts to evict them. A few hundred people, including several women and children, participated in the hunger strike off Rajiv Gandhi Salai. The Tiruvalluvar Nagar Residents Welfare Association was permitted to stage the hunger strike near the Taluk office in Tambaram, but the residents insisted they would stage it only near their locality. Following an assurance that they would not spill on the road, the hunger strike was permitted. P.Rajendran, association secretary and ward member of Palavakkam Village Panchayat, said about 300 families moved into the present location in 1984. He said they originally belonged to Tiruvanmiyur and Kottivakkam, but were left homeless following heavy rains that year. “The then Chief Minister M.G.Ramachandran gave us 4.5 acres of land in Palavakkam. Each of the families occupied 600 to 700 square feet of land,” he recalled. Over the years, civic amenities too were provided and 25 years after they moved into the place, it was unfair on the part of the State Government to attempt to evict the families, Mr. Rajendran said. Residents said that while eviction notices were served to a section of the families, some others received “oral instructions” to shift elsewhere. Officials of the Revenue Department said they had issued notices to only seven families to shift as they had built houses on land belonging to a cooperative society. Allaying fears of the residents, officials said there was no plan to evict the families en masse. Appeal to Government
Members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Viduthalai Chirithaigal Katchi, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi and Left parties addressed the gathering. While appealing to the State Government to drop moves to evict poor families, the speakers said the policy of taking over land from the poor and handing it over to industrialists would severely affect all sections. Among others who spoke were Thamizharasi Somu, president of Palavakkam Village Panchayat and M.Dhanapal, former AIADMK MLA of Tirupporur.
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