More than 1,200 families are still living on the streets of Madras (Chennai) nearly a year after the Asian tsunami tore into the city's coastline. With only crude shelter and negligible provision from NGOs, the families say they are being harassed by police and are threatened with violence by people who want them off the streets. The state government has implemented an $8m scheme for permanent housing to resettle most of the 44,000 tsunami-affected families.

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