These Chennai residents are strapped for cash, but still help the needy
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Perumbakkam slum clearance board tenement residents have come together, to help feed around 300 senior citizens and persons with disabilities
Residents of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) tenements in Perumbakkam have been pooling in money and resources and feeding over 300 elderly residents, including persons with disabilities, who are struggling without food during the lockdown. Siragugal (wings) is a resident welfare association of Block C of the Perumbakkam TNSCB tenements. There are over 25 members in the association, and some of them are office attendants, plumbers and cab drivers and a earn monthly income around ₹10,000, while many are daily wage earners.
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