Construction of houses by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board in progress at Vannarapettai in Tiruchi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: B_VELANKANNI RAJmore-inAbout 70,000 urban homeless poor and families from weaker sections without permanent houses would get affordable houses in Tiruchi over the next five years under the Prime Minister’s Housing for All Scheme. The apartments were built to replace older tenements which have suffered damages, having been built in 1962-63 by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board. Similarly about 160 old houses built at Duraisamypuram by the TNSCB in 1996 were demolished and construction of new houses was under way at a cost of ₹10.32 crore. Work on construction of 1,294 houses under the beneficiary-led construction component, were under progress in different parts of the city.

Source: The Hindu September 24, 2017 01:52 UTC