Constructing THADCO house(Under Indra Awas Yojana scheme) for SCs/STs Govt allotted funds for 60,000 for 200 sq ft house (in paper and in actual it is less than 150 Sq ft) with Central Govt contribution of Rs 35,000 and state contribution of Rs 25,000 for each house, The Housing Schemes meant for other than SCs/STs will have more space with higher cost of allocation of Rs 75,000 with steel and cement from Govt, Now it is turn of AIADMK demanding more money for construction of free house. The DMK Govt has recently hiked its allocation to THADCO House from 25,000 to 40,000 to avoid criticism from SCs/STs Organization/Political Parties. The AIADMK has never demanded allocation of higher fund for THADCO housing scheme. A glaring mindset of Discrimination against Dalit and affinity among Dravidian parties towards Dalit welfare!More welfare scheme and sops for middle income class family not for lower income class family like dalits !! to promote Kalaignar Housing Scheme construction of Houses for SC/ST virtually stoped by the Govt. Those who have allotted Plot for free housing scheme are sharing their shelter with newly married sons or daughter without privacy .

"There have been many Mahatmas in India whose sole object was to remove Untouchability and to elevate and absorb the depressed classes, but everyone has failed in their mission. Mahatmas have come, Mahatmas have gone but the Untouchables have remained as Untouchables".
Babasaheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
Hike grant under Kalaignar Housing Scheme, says Jayalalithaa
AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to take steps to bring down prices of construction materials, besides making a strong case for increasing the grant given under Kalaignar Housing Scheme.

“At a time the cost of construction materials has doubled, the grant of Rs.75,000 is not adequate. It should be increased to Rs.3 lakh,” she said in a statement.
The price of cement had increased to Rs.330 a bag from Rs.150 while that of two units of sand had gone up to Rs.6,500 from Rs.4,500. The price of a load of bricks had increased to Rs. 27,500 from Rs.16,000. “The ordinary and poor people, who have already started construction, are groping in the dark because of the sudden increase in prices of construction materials.”

She alleged that beneficiaries of the scheme were under pressure from the ruling party workers to hand over construction works to builders close to them.
Source: The Hindu dt 27-10-10
Jaya seeks more funds for free housing scheme

Criticising the DMK government for failing to contain the steep hike in prices of construction materials, AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged the administration to increase the subsidy under free housing scheme for the poor to Rs three lakh. In a statement, she alleged that the DMK government was remaining a passive spectator when the prices of cement, steel, bricks and sands were skyrocketing, shattering the dreams of the middle class people of owning a house.
Source: The Times of India dt 27.10.10
“Rise in cement, steel prices will not hit housing scheme beneficiaries” -Govt Of TN.
The rising prices of cement and steel in the open market will not affect beneficiaries of the Kalaignar Housing Scheme, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Tuesday.

Pointing out that the scheme was being implemented in all 12,618 village panchayats simultaneously with each dwelling unit of 207 sq. ft, Mr. Karunanidhi, in a statement, said that the government was providing cement and steel at nominal cost to the beneficiaries through village panchayats.
Sixty bags of cement at Rs.210 a bag were being given. Steel — 155 kg for each house — was being supplied at an average rate of Rs.36 a kg.

Besides, District Collectors were taking steps for the supply of bricks at a reasonable rate by holding negotiations with owners of brick kilns. Efforts were on to provide other construction materials, including sand at rates determined by the government or less than market rate.

Training was being given to construction workers and financial assistance to women self-help groups through the Tamil Nadu Corporation for the Development of Women.

Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who conducted a recent trip to the Tiruvannamalai district, informed him that two lakh houses would be completed by December-end and the entire number of three lakh houses by January, the Chief Minister said, giving an account of various welfare measures taken by him over the years in the area of low cost housing for vulnerable sections of society.

Source: The Hindu dt 27-10-10