G.O. (Ms) No.59, Periyar Ninaivu Samathuvapuram Guidelines, 2024
The Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department issued G.O. (Ms) No.59 on 13 March 2024, granting administrative and financial sanction of Rs.50 crore to construct eight new Periyar Ninaivu Samathuvapurams during 2023-2024. It also prescribes site, land, layout, housing and infrastructure guidelines for these developments.
What the government order does
G.O. (Ms) No.59 of the Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department sanctions Rs.50 crore for eight new Periyar Ninaivu Samathuvapurams. The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj may distribute the sanctioned amount to the concerned districts and must report construction progress to the Government.
The Director may select districts in consultation with the Principal Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. Government schemes must be combined where possible to provide common and other infrastructure at the selected locations.
Land and site requirements
The guidelines set the following conditions for each proposed Samathuvapuram site:
- Approximately 9 to 10 acres must be selected in a rural area.
- The site should adjoin a bus route road and should not be too far from district, division, taluk or block headquarters.
- Preference may be given to a block that did not receive a Samathuvapuram in previous years and to villages with larger populations.
- The nearest residential habitation should preferably be within 1 to 2 kilometres. An isolated location must not be selected.
- Low lying, swampy, flood prone, hilly or rocky land is unsuitable. Land crossed by a high tension power line is also unsuitable.
- Vacant, unobjectionable poramboke land may be used if it satisfies the site conditions.
- Pond, oorani, channel, grazing land, watercourse and other objectionable poramboke land must not be proposed.
Layout, houses and facilities
After finalisation, the land must be subdivided into individual house sites and the layout prepared according to Town and Country Planning rules. Each house site must measure 5 cents, and roads must follow the applicable planning requirements.
Each Samathuvapuram will contain:
- 100 houses, each with a 300 square foot plinth area, electrification, toilet and leach pit.
- Bituminous roads, with culverts where required.
- An entrance arch, compound wall and Periyar statue.
- Water supply works and street lights based on site needs.
- A public distribution shop, community hall and library, unless the relevant facility is available within 1 kilometre.
- Use of nearby school buildings and school toilets.
- An anganwadi, playground and park through ongoing schemes where required.
Construction is to be completed within nine months, and delay is to be avoided.
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Common questions
Can pond or grazing land be selected for a new Samathuvapuram?
No. Proposals must not use objectionable poramboke land such as ponds, ooranis, channels, grazing land or watercourses. Vacant, unobjectionable poramboke land may be considered if it meets the site conditions.
How large will each house site and house be?
Each house site must be 5 cents. Each house will have a plinth area of 300 square feet, including electrification and a toilet with a leach pit.
Will every new Samathuvapuram get a library and community hall?
A library and community hall are listed as facilities. New ones need not be built if the relevant facility is already available within 1 kilometre.
How quickly must the eight Samathuvapurams be constructed?
The guidelines require construction to be completed within nine months and state that delay should be avoided.
