The Hindu 30.09.2009
“6,000 houses planned along coastal districts”
Staff Reporter
| Construction work in Nagapattinam, Velankanni under way |
Rehabilitation: Suba. Thangavelan, Minister for Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control inspects tsunami houses in Keechankuppam in Nagapattinam on Tuesday.
NAGAPATTINAM: Satellite towns with earthquake resistant houses and lift facilities are under construction in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai under the Ministry of Slum Clearance Board.
The project entails construction of 23,000 houses in 8-storied buildings in Perumpakkam, 5,000 houses in 4-storied buildings in Thiruvottriyur, both in Chennai, 2500 houses in Ukkadam in Coimbatore and 1500 houses in Rajakur in Madurai, stated Suba Thangavelan, Minister for Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control here on Tuesday evening.
Additionally, under the Jawaharlal Urban Renewal Mission Plan, houses were being constructed in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. The plan envisaged targets of 1,11,190 houses, 33,500 houses and 24,300 houses respectively for the three districts.
According to the Minister, delays due to encroachments and land identification had been sorted out and the project was scheduled for completion by 2011.
He also informed that about 6,000 houses had been planned along the coastal districts as an extension of Tsunami rehabilitation.
Of this, about 921 houses were being constructed at a cost of Rs.21 crore in Nagapattinam and 173 houses at a cost of Rs.4.20 crore were under progress in Velankanni.
Completion
These houses were slated for completion in three months, he added.
Since the inception of the Ministry for Slum Clearance in 1973, about 1.23 lakh houses had been built in Tamil Nadu, Mr. Thangavelan said.
A target of 55,000 houses had been set by the State government for this term, of which about 30,000 houses were built in the past three years.