Chennai Corporation is planning to conduct another round of survey to identify homeless persons who were inadvertently left out of the list in the previous exercise, in order to assist them find shelter ahead of the onset of the Northeast monsoon.
At a recent meeting in Ripon Buildings, the civic body decided that the volunteers will visit neighbourhoods with homeless persons and identify the individuals who have been left out of the list. The civic body has already identified more than 13,000 homeless persons in various parts of the city. However, many homeless persons are yet to get Aadhaar, voter identity cards and ration cards to get benefits of welfare schemes of various government departments. “Many homeless residents have demanded houses,” said an official.
R. Manikandan, who had been a homeless resident of Royapettah, has demanded a house in the neighbourhood of Royapettah for education of his children. He said his family with three children stayed in a rented building a few months ago after the children became sick but had been forced to vacate owing to rent arrears. “Two of my three children are going to school in Royapettah. They miss school during rains as their books are drenched. So, I tried getting rental accommodation, but failed,” he said.
