Residents seek free house pattas
The Hindu
MADURAI
Around 700 residents who live on various poramboke lands in the city took out a rally and gathered in front of the District Collectorate to submit their petitions seeking free house pattas, on Friday.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP, Su. Venkatesan, and Deputy Mayor, T. Nagarajan, along with a few residents, submitted their petitions which included demands to stop eviction of people residing on poromboke lands.
The petitioners said they have been living in the houses constructed on the poramboke lands for about 70 years and have Aadhaar cards, ration cards, power and gas connections, and road and drinking water facilities.
Mr. Nagarajan said that the Collector had promised to hold a review meeting next month after reclassifying the pattas.
“The lands will be classified as natham poramboke, waterbody and waterway poramboke, railway line poramboke, temple poramboke etc.,” said N. Jayachandran, coordinator, Patta Ketpu Kuzhu.
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