Efforts afoot to provide free houses for Kadar tribals in ATR

They were given patta for homesteads in the reserve in November

The Revenue Department and the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department are making efforts to provide free housing for Kadar tribe families that were given patta for homesteads in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) in November.

A senior official from the Revenue Department told The Hindu the free housing would be offered through a scheme of the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department.

There is no problem in building concrete houses inside the tiger reserve under the scheme as the families own patta given by the State government, said the official.