Pattas sought to families living on poromboke land
The Hindu
Federation opposes eviction of families in areas such as Avvai Nagar
The Federation for Urban Habitat - Land Rights, an umbrella group of a number of organisations, has released a set of demands regarding housing for urban poor to all political parties and the ruling DMK, in particular, ahead of the upcoming urban local bodies election.
Among the key demands were the demand to issue pattas to the families occupying unobjectionable poramboke lands instead of evicting them. It said those residing in objectionable poramboke lands must be provided land in alternative locations as per the government order issued in the year 2019.
Objecting to the eviction of people from areas such as Avvai Nagar in Kolathur and Bethel Nagar on the East Coast Road by stating that they were occupying waterways, the federation demanded a comprehensive report on the present status of all waterbodies and encroachments in the city.
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