CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government plans to provide Rs 18.75 crore under the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan for construction of 568 tenements for those living in slums. Sources told Express that the amount will be used for construction and comes in the wake of 12th Union Finance Commission sanctioning State Specific Grants of Rs 300 crore towards slum improvement to support the state government’s effort to progressively cover the slum population of Tamil Nadu.Sources said the action plan for this programme envisages the construction or reconstruction of 6,435 tenements and other works at a cost of Rs 300 crore of which the state government have provided budgetary support of Rs 75 crore. Of this amount Rs 18.75 cr has been provided under SCSP for 2011-12.Sources said the decision to utilise the SCSP funds comes after it was found that 26 per cent of total achievements under various programmes shall benefit the scheduled caste families living in urban slums.“Soon after the completion of this programme, these tenements will be allotted to slum families belonging to scheduled castes. The beneficiaries list for this programme will be obtained from District Revenue Authorities,” sources added.The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board has implemented various housing schemes for those under the scheduled caste category, including Thombankudisai Scheme in Mannargudi, Scavengers Colony in Tirunelveli and Thideer Nagar scheme in Madurai.
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