Tamil Nadu
Over 100 homeless families in Chennai protest for permanent housing
Over 100 homeless families living on pavements near Chennai Central protested, asking the state government for permanent houses before the northeast monsoon. They said they have lived on the roadside for generations and that some families were left out of earlier allotments.
Over 100 homeless families staged a protest at Rasappa Street near Wall Tax Road, close to Chennai Central, on Friday, urging the state government to provide them permanent houses before the northeast monsoon. The families said they had been living on pavements for nearly five generations and that repeated petitions seeking housing had failed. They said living on the roadside exposed them to risks of road accidents, child kidnapping, and sexual harassment.
During the DMK government, some homeless families from the locality were allotted tenements under TNUHDB at Stanley. However, nearly 120 families were left out, they alleged.
Following a protest in February, officials from the Greater Chennai Corporation and TNUHDB jointly collected petitions and identity documents from the families.
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