Defence Ministry asked to contribute Rs 1.6 lakh for resettling each family
C Shivakumar
Chennai:
More than 2,990 families are likely to be evicted by beginning of next
year from six acres of defence ministry land opposite the Island
Grounds near the banks of Cooum which has been their home for the last
35 to 40 years.
As officials are working out the logistics to evict the families, the
slum dwellers residing in the area are demanding that the state
government build them flats in the same area rather than dump them in
the outskirts thus denying them their livelihood.
Official sources said that it is the Defence Ministry which is
planning to evict the slum dwellers. “We are ready to provide them
with accommodation in Perumbakkam. We have nothing to do with
eviction,” said a Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board official.
Interestingly, the defence ministry has till now identified a total of
2,990 tenements in the defence land. The Slum Clearance Board
official said that Defence department has requested TNSCB to resettle
the slum families encroaching on their land.
Of those identified, 745 families reside in Pallavan Nagar while 2,245
families stay in Gandhi Nagar A, B, C, D and E blocks. Interestingly,
the tenements have come up on a road leading to army quarters.
Sources said Chennai Corporation has been asked to enumerate the slum
families along with Land owning department – Defence department to
enable TNSCB to allot tenements for these families living on the land
belonging to defence ministry.
This comes after Slum clearance Board completed the construction of
12,000 tenements with required infrastructure at Okkium Thoraipakka
and Perumbakkam in south Chennai.
Sources said that defence ministry will have to bear 10 per cent of
beneficiaries contribution for resettling the slum dwellers. TNSCB
sources said that a cost of a tenement in Perumbakkam is worked out at
Rs 7 lakh. “This means the defence department has to pay Rs 70,000 per
family,” TNSCB sources said.
Besides, the TNSCB source also said that the defence department also
has to bear shifting, subsistence and livelihood allowances and
training cost which is around Rs 90,000. Totally, it will cost the
defence ministry Rs 1.6 lakh to resettle a single family.
Interestingly, it is not only the tenements in the defence land but
also in the Public Works Department land which are likely to face
eviction. It is learnt that 3,683 tenements in Sathyavanimuthu Nagar
have been identified to be relocated
C Shivakumar
Chennai:
More than 2,990 families are likely to be evicted by beginning of next
year from six acres of defence ministry land opposite the Island
Grounds near the banks of Cooum which has been their home for the last
35 to 40 years.
As officials are working out the logistics to evict the families, the
slum dwellers residing in the area are demanding that the state
government build them flats in the same area rather than dump them in
the outskirts thus denying them their livelihood.
Official sources said that it is the Defence Ministry which is
planning to evict the slum dwellers. “We are ready to provide them
with accommodation in Perumbakkam. We have nothing to do with
eviction,” said a Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board official.
Interestingly, the defence ministry has till now identified a total of
2,990 tenements in the defence land. The Slum Clearance Board
official said that Defence department has requested TNSCB to resettle
the slum families encroaching on their land.
Of those identified, 745 families reside in Pallavan Nagar while 2,245
families stay in Gandhi Nagar A, B, C, D and E blocks. Interestingly,
the tenements have come up on a road leading to army quarters.
Sources said Chennai Corporation has been asked to enumerate the slum
families along with Land owning department – Defence department to
enable TNSCB to allot tenements for these families living on the land
belonging to defence ministry.
This comes after Slum clearance Board completed the construction of
12,000 tenements with required infrastructure at Okkium Thoraipakka
and Perumbakkam in south Chennai.
Sources said that defence ministry will have to bear 10 per cent of
beneficiaries contribution for resettling the slum dwellers. TNSCB
sources said that a cost of a tenement in Perumbakkam is worked out at
Rs 7 lakh. “This means the defence department has to pay Rs 70,000 per
family,” TNSCB sources said.
Besides, the TNSCB source also said that the defence department also
has to bear shifting, subsistence and livelihood allowances and
training cost which is around Rs 90,000. Totally, it will cost the
defence ministry Rs 1.6 lakh to resettle a single family.
Interestingly, it is not only the tenements in the defence land but
also in the Public Works Department land which are likely to face
eviction. It is learnt that 3,683 tenements in Sathyavanimuthu Nagar
have been identified to be relocated
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