Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will hand over the keys to free houses to Sri Lankan Tamils at the rehabilitation camp in Melmonavoor village near Vellore on September 17.
He is scheduled to participate in a public meeting to mark the birth centenary celebrations of former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in Kandaneri village. He will visit the rehabilitation camp prior to the meeting.
As part of the preparations for Mr. Stalin’s visit, Collector P. Kumaravel Pandian inspected the new houses in the camp on Monday. “We are happy that we will soon move into new houses. It will end our ordeal of living in damaged, cramped houses all these years, said K. Selvam, a resident.