Mata Amritanandamayi Trust hands over keys of 87 houses in TN

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Mata Amritanandamayi Trust hands over keys of 87 houses in TN

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Cuddalore: Said to be the first such lot to be built in Tamil Nadu

post tnunami, the Mata Amritanandamayi Trust on Sunday handed over

keys to 87 permanent houses to those affected by the December 26

killer waves, at a village in Cuddalore district.

 

The Trust, which built the houses at a cost of about 2.60 crore, has

already allotted Rs 100 crore for tsunami rehabilitation work and to

build 6,000 houses in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.

 

A total of 122 houses had already been handed over in Kerala and more

than 500 were nearing completion. At Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, 340

houses were fast nearing completion, according to Swami

Ramakrishnananda Puri of the Mutt.

 

District Revenue Officer M S Shanmugam, who presided, said that the 87

houses at Pudukuppam village were the first lot of permanent houses to

be built for the affected in the state. The Tamil Nadu government has

acquired 113.41 acres in 31 villages in the district to construct 2393

houses, he added.