Tamil Nadu: 17 families from TNUHDB tenements collapsed at Tiruvottiyur allotted alternate units

CHENNAI: Seventeen families, who lost their houses due to the collapse of a 4-storeyed building of the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitation Development Board (

TNUHDB

) at Tiruvottiyur, were offered alternate allotment in units of the board's tenements on Sunday.

According to a press release, the allottees were provided units at the TNUHDB's tenements at

Ernavur

and

NTO Kuppam

.

While the remaining 11 families have sought houses in the same premises at Tiruvottiyur after reconstruction, the release said, financial assistance of Rs. 24,000 would be given to the respective families for staying elsewhere during the reconstruction period.

A total of 28 units were damaged during the collapse at the board’s tenements in

Arivakulam at Tiruvottiyur

on Monday.

Minister for rural industries and

TNUHDB T. M. Anbarasan

gave away the allotment orders, the release said.