The families evicted from M.A. Sahib Street in Triplicane following an order of the Madras High Court have expressed concern over demand of ₹5.5 lakh per family by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board for the allocation of houses in an alternative location.
While the board and the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) are planning to arrange the amount as loan through a private financial institution, the families said the monthly instalment of about ₹5,000 to ₹6,000 was too high.
Around 52 families living on the land belonging to the GCC on M.A. Sahib Street were evicted this week following an order by the High Court in a petition filed by an individual. With the court asking the officials to get the families evicted by Wednesday, they were moved out before an alternative location could be allocated.
