COIMBATORE: Action will be taken against officials as well as those wielded power during DMK regime for selecting the most unsuitable site for constructing a multi-storey apartment for slum dwellers at Ammankulam, R Vaithiyalingam, Minister for Housing, said.The minister, who inspected the apartments under construction at Ammankulam on Saturday, claimed: “The Ammankulam land was totally rejected during AIADMK rule in 2002 after the results of the soil test (conducted in 1999) proved negative. In fact, the AIADMK regime had selected this site for constructing of apartments with 1608 tenements through Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) for rehabilitating the slum dwellers from water bodies and government lands under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in 1999. After a thorough soil test, the site was given up as unsuitable for building houses. Later in 2007 during DMK government, the same land was chosen for construction of 1608 flats through tender called by TNSCB”.Sources said that out of the originally proposed 1608 flats at Ammankulam, at present the construction of 792 tenements are nearing completion as the remaining houses had to be constructed at Ukkadam due to encroachments and loose soil problem at Ammankulam. A TNSCB official said “The construction of 792 tenements at Ammankulam is nearing completion. The public need not worry about the stability of the structures which have been strengthened. The block which sank in April last would be left unused”. Regarding the completion of the apartments to the beneficiaries, the minister said that Chief Minister would take a decision as to how to further strengthen the structures as per the advice of the experts.
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