TN to use Scheduled Caste Sub Plan funds to build 568 slum tenements

C Shivakumar

Chennai:
Tamil Nadu government is planning to provide Rs 18.75 crore under Scheduled Caste Sub Plan for construction of 568 tenements for those living in slums.



Sources told Express that the amount will be used for construction of 568 tenements under Scheduled Caste Sub Plan for 2011-12.



This comes in the wake of 12th Union Finance Commission sanctioning State Specific Grants of Rs 300 crore towards the slum improvement to support state government’s effort to progressively cover the slum population in Tamil Nadu.



Sources said the action plan for this programme envisages the construction or reconstruction of 6,435 tenements and other works at a cost of Rs 300 crore of which the state government have provided the budgetary support of Rs 75 crore. Of this amount Rs 18.75 Cr has been provided under SCSP for 2011-12.



Sources said the decision to utilize the SCSP funds comes after it was found that 26 per cent of total achievements under various programmes shall benefit the Scheduled Caste families living in urban slums.



“Soon after the completion of this programme, these tenements will be allotted to the slum families belonging to scheduled castes.  The beneficiaries list for this programme will be obtained from the District Revenue Authorities,” sources added.


Intertestingly, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board has implemented various housing schemes for the families belong to scheduled castes. These include Thombankudisai Scheme in Mannargudi, Scavengers Colony in Tirunelve and Thideer Nagar scheme in Madurai.