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Activists also pointed to various inadequacies of TNSCB resettlement colonies and the need to provide houses to slum dwellers near their workplaces. Their needs must be addressed by the State, but they are instead being pushed to faraway places,” he said, referring to a recent protest held by slum dwellers from the locality two days ago to stop eviction. “The ones who are being evicted play a crucial role in running the city, and we need them too. more-inSeventy-three-year-old Sarasa and her only son Velankanni, a watchman, are struggling to prevent their house from getting bulldozed by excavators. Most houses on the street have been demolished and families have been moved to their new homes at the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) tenements in Perumbakkam..