Residents seek land to build houses
The Hindu
They demand a 20-acre govt. land
Residents of Surendar Nagar near Emerald got together to voice their opposition on Wednesday to plans by the district administration to build houses for people living in temporary relief shelters and surrounding areas. According to the police, the residents had been petitioning the district administration demanding that a 20-acre piece of government land be allotted to them as private patta so that they can build houses. However, on Tuesday, preparations were made to build houses for people still living in temporary relief shelters where they had been staying for more than two years, and also for people from surrounding areas.After completing her Class XII a few years ago, Lakshmi Priya from Sivakasi faced financial constraints that prevented her from pursuing higher education. Despite her circumstances, she persevered by folding matchboxes to earn a meagre income. “I have always done this work – folding matchboxes. Many families in Sivakasi and surrounding areas do this work, from home,” said Ms.Priya who is now 19 years old. “I always wanted to learn something related to Computer Science. We did not have a proper teacher for this particular subject at school. But I managed to score 95%,” she said.
Ahead of the southwest monsoon, the officials from multiple departments were directed to carry out the standard operating procedure and ensure that all the parameters were adhered to as per the guidelines issued by the Disaster Management Plan of the Tamil Nadu government, said Theni Collector R.V. Shajeevana here on Friday.