Encroachments on the patta land given to transgender persons by the district administration in Chiknankuppam village near Vaniyambadi town in Tirupattur were demolished on Friday.
Revenue officials said 35 transgender persons in the town were allotted 2.5 cents each, from the land, by Tirupattur Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian three months ago for building houses, as part of the State government’s measures for the uplift of the marginalised sections of society.