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Residents of Srivaikuntam municipality panchayat submitted a petition astatine the Thoothukudi territory collectorate connected Monday, urging the authorities to merchandise the 2nd signifier of lodging instalment funds for the beneficiaries, who mislaid their homes successful 2023 floods.
The petition was submitted astatine the play grievance redressal gathering chaired by Thoothukudi territory collector K. Elambahavath.
The petition stated, “On December 17, 2023, we mislaid our homes owed to dense rains and floods. The Tamil Nadu authorities has issued an bid successful 2024 to supply lodging for those affected. Based connected this, 49 houses were allocated successful Srivaikuntam municipality panchayat region. After receiving the order, we started gathering our houses, nevertheless aft a agelong struggle, the archetypal installment was released aft astir 1 year.”
The residents stated that the operation was continued, believing that remaining instalments would beryllium released continuously. “However the 2nd instalment has inactive not been released. Due to this, we are incapable to proceed construction, person nary houses to unrecorded successful and are struggling to wage involvement connected our loans.”
Uchinimakalai Ramakrishnan, ward 13 councillor of Srivaikuntam municipality panchayat said, “Most of these radical are regular wage labourers, otherwise abled and azygous women. They person acceptable up thatched shelters and are residing successful the aforesaid place, arsenic they cannot spend for rented spaces.”
She added that a full of 49 houses were allocated crossed Srivaikuntam municipality panchayat, and nary of them person received 2nd instalment for the construction, adjacent with immoderate radical receiving lone Rs 50,000 during their archetypal instalment.
She urged the authorities to instrumentality indispensable enactment to merchandise lodging funds for the residents of Srivaikuntam municipality panchayat.
