Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday said the allotment of houses by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (formerly the Slum Clearance Board) will henceforth be made in the name of woman heads of family.
Addressing the Women’s Day celebration by the Women’s Wing of the DMK, Mr. Stalin said he had taken a cue from the ‘Samathuvapurams’ created by the government headed by Kalaignar (Karunanidhi).
“The houses in the Samathuvapuram were allotted to women heads of family. Let us celebrate women not just in words, but also in life. Let us go beyond women’s rights and ensure the empowerment of women,” he said in the function attended by K.K. Shailaja, former Health Minister of Kerala.
