TN Slum Clearance Board and its projects through the lens of CAG’s audit report – Part III
TNSCB floundering to implement in-situ project
A view of the dilapidated TNSCB tenement, Nochikuppam. Photo Courtesy: The Hindu
TNSCB floundering to implement in-situ project
A view of the dilapidated TNSCB tenement, Nochikuppam. Photo Courtesy: The Hindu
TNSCB guilty of violating NBC norms in the Perumbakkam project
A view of the multistoried Perumbakkam Resettlement Colony built by Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board. Photo Courtesy: Annie Divya, Researcher, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group.
CAG finds TNSCB in violation of the TN Slums Act
A post-eviction scene at a slum in Ennore, Chennai. Undeclared slums like this are frequently subjected to forced evictions in contravention of human rights and national and international laws. Photo Courtesy: Jacintha Chitra, Researcher, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group
The C&AG's state audit report for all departments coming under the General and Social Services category, including the Housing and Urban Development department, was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly on 29th September 2015. The report brings to light many serious shortcomings in the functioning of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board.