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
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.
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