Despite lukewarm response in the beginning, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board’s (TNUHDB) initiative Nam Kudiyiruppu, Nam Poruppu (Our tenements, our responsibility), which aims at gradually shifting the task of maintenance of flats to the residents, has gained traction.
As a first step, the board is persuading the residents in its apartment blocks in different places across the State to form residents welfare associations (RWAs). A total of 394 RWAs have been formed so far, mainly over the last couple of months, the officials said.
TNUHDB has tenements in 354 sites across Tamil Nadu. Depending on the population in each site, the Board has assessed that 694 RWAs needed to be formed. For instance, large resettlement sites like the one in Perumbakkam alone will have around 100 associations while smaller sites will have fewer associations.
