213 families got new homes 5 yrs ago, but no official order yet

AT least 213 families resettled in Perumbakkam under the Integrated Cooum River Eco Restoration Project five years ago are yet to get allotment orders for the houses they occupy.

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Without temporary or permanent allotment orders, these families have not received 5,000 per family issued as shifting allowance and a monthly subsistence allowance of 2,500 for one year that are usually provided under the ICRERP resettlement package.

The Information and Resource Centre for the Deprived Urban Communities (IRCDUC) which undertook a rapid assessment to identify these families has urged the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) to provide the pending allowances with interest. While the IRCDUC estimates around 1,000 families may have been denied the allowances due to the lack of allotments, they were able to track only 213, the report said.