Accompanied by his parents, Abdul Kalam had met the Chief Minister at the state secretariat on February 24. During the meeting, Kalam’s parents Dilshad Begum and Asmatullah had appealed to the CM to provide them a house as their house at Srinivasapuram in Foreshore Estate was completely damaged by cyclone Vardah and they lacked the financial resources to rebuild the house. Acceding to their request, the CM on Saturday allotted a TNUHDB house at Sivalingapuram in KK Nagar and distributed the allotment order to the family at the state secretariat on Saturday morning.