The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the State government to pass a motion in the Assembly to issue pattas for houses along water poramboke here. The party cadre staged a demonstration calling for a halt to the eviction proceedings.
To implement the Madras High Court order to retrieve water poramboke and direction to the district administrations to retrieve lands, the district administrations across the State had started removing encroachments from water poramboke.
According to the protesters, this has hurt the poorest of the poor, who have made such government poramboke their homes for over 50 years. Hundreds of families had received notices from the authorities that the houses were on water poramboke and channel poramboke limits across the district.
The CPI(M) party cadre stated that most of the habitations were near the water poramboke and the authorities should verify the revenue records.
The party urged the government to pass a motion in the Assembly to issue pattas for the houses and set up a review committee to remove the impediments to water poramboke. The government should also appeal to the Supreme Court and stay the eviction proceedings.
Scores of families with women and children took part in the protests.
