A total of 178 families residing along the Cooum in Sathyavani Muthu Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Indira Gandhi Nagar, who resisted their eviction and resettlement to Perumbakkam for the past two years, were allocated houses within the city on Tuesday.
The decision to allocate houses to them in the apartments built by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) at K.P. Park in Pulianthope was announced during a meeting chaired by Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department P.K. Sekarbabu at Ripon buildings on Tuesday. Necessary orders for the allocation were issued by TNUHDB Managing Director M. Govinda Rao.
In December 2020, 1,914 of the 2,092 families residing in these three areas were evicted during the middle of the pandemic. The remaining 178 families, however, strongly opposed the eviction drive, citing the loss of livelihood if they were moved outside the city to Perumbakkam.
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