CMDA to resume drawal of lots for remaining 74 Marimalai Nagar plots next week

Chennai:

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority will again be holding the
drawal of lots for remaining 74 plots in Marimalai Nagar next week.

The drawal of lots will be held next week, a senior CMDA official said
without giving the venue and the exact date.

The drawal of lots were postponed for Marimalai Nagar on February this
year following protests by applicants who suspected irregularities in
the allotment of serial numbers to the applications that were
considered for the draw at the Chennai Trade Centre.

The issue was over the application number 511551 for the allotment of
the plot. Crowd had questioned how the serial number could crop up
when the total applications were in the range of around 70,000.
However, officials clarified the mistake was due to manual error and
there is total transparency in the allotments.

A total of 82 plots --- 38 in economically weaker section, 16 in lower
income group 1, nine in lower income group 2, 16 in middle income
group and three in higher income group were allotted under the lot
system.