Activists seek quality check of all flats
The Hindu
Government urged to overhaul the quality control mechanism in the TNUHDB and assess all tenements
In the wake of the collapse of Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board tenements on Village Street in Tiruvottiyur, activists have demanded an overhaul of the board’s quality control mechanism and a study of the quality of the old tenements across the State.
J. Sebastin, coordinator of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Residents’ Welfare Committee, said the government had asked all schools to inspect the quality of buildings following the recent collapse of a restroom in a school in Tirunelveli that killed three students. “The government should show the same commitment to inspect its own slum board tenements,” he said, and added that a comprehensive study of the quality of all buildings should be done.
The poor quality of the recently constructed building in K.P. Park and that of the older buildings in Tiruvottiyur showed that the issues related to quality were fundamental, he said.
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