Land Pattas for Chinna Idyathur: A Home No One Can Take Away

The Irular families of Chinna Idyathur, near Chengalpattu, have lived on the same land for generations. Until 2024 they had no papers to prove it. Without a patta, the legal document that confirms land ownership, a family can be asked to leave at any time and cannot apply for government housing or farm schemes.

Arise Charitable Trust took up the applications on the community's behalf. Our staff visited government offices many times, filed the documents and followed up through every delay.

In June 2024 the pattas were issued. The families can now stay on their land without fear of eviction, build permanent homes and claim the housing and farm support they are entitled to.

A child who knows her home is secure is a child who can stay in school. That is why Arise works on land papers alongside tuition.