Families displaced in 2009 due to the shipbuilding and port project in Kattupalli in Tiruvallur district and a group of concerned citizens on Friday sought the direct intervention of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin over the failure of the companies to provide permanent employment to the families.
A total of 140 fisher families from Kattupalli Kuppam lost their land and direct access to the beach in 2009 when L&T started work on the shipbuilding yard and the port project. As part of the rehabilitation package, they were provided alternative housing more than 2 km away from the beach. The company had agreed to provide permanent job to one person from each affected family.
