Summary:
It states that the evictions have violated several Acts meant to protect the rights of the urban poor including the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971. more-inThe National Commission for Scheduled Caste has demanded an enquiry into the massive evictions and rehabilitation programme carried out by the State government violating human rights of the urban communities residing in informal settlements. The petition states that the Government of Tamil Nadu has failed to safeguard the fundamental rights of the urban poor residing in informal settlements and that the evictions have cost families their livelihoods and children their education. The Commission has written to the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation, Member Secretary of the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust, Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board and the Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Housing Board seeking enquiry into the matter. Of the total families evicted, 3,429 families have been moved in 2017 in a span of four months (September to December 2017) by the Chennai Corporation..