Ministers P.K. Sekarbabu and T.M. Anbarasan, along with senior officials, inspected three sites in Royapuram zone of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to assess the possibility of constructing houses there to relocate around 1,500 homeless families living in the zone.
These families have been residing for many years in places like St. Xavier Street and Narayana Sarang Street, which come under Royapuram zone of the GCC and the Harbour Assembly constituency.
A section of these families, particularly those in Stringer Street in Broadway, had sent petitions to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and TNUHDB at least since 2019, requesting for alternative housing by the government in nearby locations. In the past, TNUHDB was not favourable to their requests, citing lack of availability of houses.
