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Zoho Builds Homes For Tenkasi Residents Affected By Monsoons, Urges TN Govt To Help Residents Without Patta

September 24, 2024
The Commune

Residents of Tenkasi lost their homes due to heavy rains last year. In response, Zoho Corp took steps to support his native town. Due to the Southwest monsoon, several people from the Kadayam area in Tenkasi were displaced. New homes were built for them through Zoho Corp, with Sridhar Vembu, its founder, inaugurating the makeshift homes in the AP Nadanoor locality.

Speaking to reporters, Vembu stated, “The state government must step forward to help those residents who do not have patta for their homes. There are several people in multiple villages who are suffering due to this. There are at least 40-50 families like this per village, even the Panchayat head knows. Through Zoho, we are doing what we can in Tenkasi, Thanjavur, and Nagapattinam districts. The state government must do something for villagers who do not have patta.” He also urged the Tamil Nadu state government to build houses for those who are homeless.

In a post on his X handle, Vembu further emphasized, “What we do in terms of building small dwellings for the rural poor is at a modest scale, and I do not deserve any praise. We have to do a lot more. I do want to highlight an important issue that the government needs to look at: there is a substantial number of rural poor who not only don’t own any land, but they also don’t have title to the small plots on which they have built their makeshift homes. These are the people most affected during floods. Given their lack of title, they cannot currently benefit from government housing schemes. In every village I visit, particularly in delta districts, I come across many such households. This matter needs urgent attention from the government.”

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