In conversation with Selvam

By Athira Elssa Johnson -

 Transcription- D Selvam / Kannappar Thidal--- Tamil/English- Athira Elssa Johnson                                                         18-01-2023

D SELVAM—WHAT IS REPORTED V/S WHAT HAPPENED 


  • In reality it is in 1997 that the shift happened -- govt record as per it is the year 2000, accounts prakaram

  • Govt list - one year Selvam has been trying to make a list of this 

  • January 2002— family card—govt ID ellam vech 100+ ppl vech erpad panni –fought with the dist collector  –one-year ayt-- 

  • Now, MLA won’t help – SC—I Paranthamen—despite Egmore being a reserved constituency – he would visit everywhere else but not here—now half a kilometer nearby 2000 houses was built but we didn’t get any aid like that

  • He is also SC/ST but won’t help--


POLITICAL APATHY


  • KP 2000 houses were built--

  • State govt –on the way to Egmore railway station pora vazhilu -CMD office-- Tharamuthu Nataragan Maligai—state govt CMD office--- ppl from the road were given night shelters—they gave houses and night shelter—they didn’t have to pay or anything for the allotment.

  • 170 nearby ppl given shelters—allotted ppl--- arumbakkam---mgr gave—shifted---- without any payment---- we are here for twenty years--- 

EVICTION DAY:

1.25 ground – 67 families—old ration card ID for entry--- athuke evidence ille for what they did--- no information—before 20 years—madras corporation commissioner MP Vijayakumar IAS evicted us—the current token is not genuine—they cannot allot since we aren’t in any list---they simply put up slates and ink --- a gimmick of numbering houses—of numbers and biometric NO ID proof—not just this govt- prev govts too didn’t help—even when covid was on the rise too—no one including the corporation who is supposed to take steps didn’t do this--- 



 BACKGROUND INFO: 


Tamil Nadu headquarters which is Madras Corporation – Joint 5 – 58—ward included in ward 58—building --- 94 opened--- pakkathilu goods—laborers stayed ---- two toilets—ground floor and first floor---






 HEALTH CRISIS 


then later we --- health minister Subramaniam ---only the elite get covid woman died--- they buried there in hospital---- husband didn’t see--- gst --- one yeart since resistance--- no response--- zonal officer iofficer to Amirtha jyouthi---- Tmt. S.Amirtha Jothi, I.A.S., District Collector, Chennai----  madras corporation office lu send---biometric pannathom onum tharalle--- rain--- 

  • 40-year-old—selvam when ---

  • No police were there--- near signal of national durbar hotel --- this is the fourth generation--- before they were all there---they were there---- ancestors---slum board lu no one allotted them for generations

  • Giving to only who were already given—

  • 120 houses are free at KP Park—

  • Notice not given—also no plice--- madras commissioner came and said--- Vijayakumar IAS said------ 1997

  • Demolition—rain--- legally they don’t talk---kudikka thanni kedeyath during that time--- akc then it was general consituenct—back then there was an MLA called Vinayaka murthy-- congressMLA S G Vinayagamoorthy

  • He allotted the metro water—after that no devp--- now hopeless--- DMK MLA Ravichandran ---- fooled us

  • Party:DMKS/o|D/o|W/o: P.K.SANGANATHANAge: 45Name Enrolled as Voter in: EGMORE (Tamil Nadu) constituency

  • All parties same

  • Two months ago one suicide--- lot of illnesses--- TB, Asthma, 

  • One-month note pott—Stalin—GMC—KAEMS---



NOT GETTING ANY GOVT BENEFIT AT PRESENT

TV--- the current ones they have is bought—out of-pocket expenditure

—old free ones didn’t work for even 6 months --- money--- 700 rupa per month---

  • Electricity bill---- all individual --- veede illa--- govt records--- not even to my grandma---- cleaning, loading

  • Ppl want give money—motor went off—I got interest money and fixed—won’t get a penny for all this=


GOVT OFFICIALS TAKE BRIBES FROM SELVAM


  • = maintainconstituent minister CI constituent minister----- 1000------counsillor--- CI—mesthiri----

  • HOW THEY CANT RECORD CRIMES AS PEOPLE CANT AFFORD TO BE INVOLVED IN POLICE CASES DUE TO SECURITY REASONS


  • CI- vann –Sathyam—money=== police complaint--- corporation---

  • Suicide—guised as illness---

  • We cant conduct--- hearing--- no case--- cause--- 

  • We cant afford cases

  • CMO vann kettirik--- 113 collector said—intimation---113

  • One year—3month---1 n halfmonth---

  • Cesarean birth—constrction site----- cement—

  • 19 yrs koode avale

" I believe in the power of lived experiences and documenting stories . I try to survive amidst the stigma, hate and act against any means / system of oppression. Considers intersectionality as to be the most important in politics and elsewhere. Trying to learn, relearn and unlearn as a journalist. My beat is health and I pursue it with understanding of communities "

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