India to gift 50,000 houses to Sri Lanka

[Lankan Ranger]

India to gift 50,000 houses to Sri Lanka

The Cabinet of India is to consider soon the central government's proposal to build 50,000 houses for the displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected Northern Province.

Indian government has made a commitment to construct 50,000 houses in Sri Lanka for rehabilitation of the IDPs during the state visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India in June 2010.

According to the Indian government's proposal, 41,000 units would be constructed anew in Northern, Eastern and Central Provinces of Sri Lanka. The remaining 9,000 units would be repaired.

Three state-run companies - Hindustan Prefab Ltd, Hindustan Steelworks Construction and National Building Constructions Corporation - are entrusted with the construction at a cost of US$ 230 million (1,200 crore Indian rupees).

Under an agreement signed last year, the Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) under the administrative control of Government of India will build 1,000 houses as a pilot project.

Under the Pilot Project, each house consists of 540 square feet of area and will be constructed with locally available material. HPL would be the Project Monitoring Consultant.

According to a PTI report, 15,000 new units out of the proposed number would be built by the three companies according to their choices, while the rest would be "owner-driven", where the owner of the house would have a say on construction.

"In these cases, the owner would have to provide labour and bear the additional amount," a source has told PTI.

Following the Cabinet approval, the Ministry of External Affairs would allocate the job among the three state-run firms to execute the entire project in a time-bound manner, PTI reported.

Sri Lanka : Indian Cabinet to approve proposal to build 50,000 houses for displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka

 

[OrionHunter]

How about the Indian Government gifting some houses to the millions of homeless in India too?

 

[Nirvana]

There is Nothing Wrong in This But The Govt should Also Look After those Poor's Living In Slums and Look After their Rehabilitation !!

Those Living In India Should get Priority First !!

 

[Lankan Ranger]

 

[CorporateAffairs]

If Govt. grants 50,000 houses to poor in India:

Center allocates 50,000 houses to poor in each state.
States receive 40,000 houses (10k eaten away by center/delhi babus)
States allocate 30,000 houses to their poor (state babus eat away 10k houses)
Districts allocates 20,000 houses to poor (10k houses eaten away by district officials)
Collector approves 10,000 houses to poor (10k eaten away by panchyat officials, babus in vllages).
5,000 houses alloted to poor people (5k eaten away by middle men, contractors).

 

[Götterdämmerung]

If Govt. grants 50,000 houses to poor in India:

Center allocates 50,000 houses to poor in each state.
States receive 40,000 houses (10k eaten away by center/delhi babus)
States allocate 30,000 houses to their poor (state babus eat away 10k houses)
Districts allocates 20,000 houses to poor (10k houses eaten away by district officials)
Collector approves 10,000 houses to poor (10k eaten away by panchyat officials, babus in vllages).
5,000 houses alloted to poor people (5k eaten away by middle men, contractors).

That is really sad. Well, our last lord mayor started to build a state of the art music hall for the city. The first calculation was something around 77 million Euro. Construction started in 2007 and inauguration should have been in 2010. Now it's still not finished and the cost has swollen to 476 million Euro.

 

[true_indian]

That is really sad. Well, our last lord mayor started to build a state of the art music hall for the city. The first calculation was something around 77 million Euro. Construction started in 2007 and inauguration should have been in 2010. Now it's still not finished and the cost has swollen to 476 million Euro.

Well that's nothing. An Indian billionaire spend $2 billion to build his house in Mumbai.How is that for a priority?

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Well that's nothing. An Indian billionaire spend $2 billion to build his house in Mumbai.How is that for a priority?

I heard it was 1 billion. BUT, it was his money. The former lord mayor spends my hard earned tax money for a prestigious project that we don't really need. My city has so many concert halls that needs to be filled with content and audience.

 

[Adnan Faruqi]

If Govt. grants 50,000 houses to poor in India:

Center allocates 50,000 houses to poor in each state.
States receive 40,000 houses (10k eaten away by center/delhi babus)
States allocate 30,000 houses to their poor (state babus eat away 10k houses)
Districts allocates 20,000 houses to poor (10k houses eaten away by district officials)
Collector approves 10,000 houses to poor (10k eaten away by panchyat officials, babus in vllages).
5,000 houses alloted to poor people (5k eaten away by middle men, contractors).

How about the Indian Government gifting some houses to the millions of homeless in India too?

Yaar tum logon ka ho gaya???????

This thread is about Sri Lanka.

What you people think India should not help or give aid to anybody?? why ur talking as few Pakistanis do?

And for ur info under JNNURM central govt. have given thousands of crore to build houses for poor. Govt. is already building houses for poor in millions. So please get updated before posting.

As a big country with huge population it will take some time to do everything.

Till we need not to forget foreign relations and diplomacy.

 

[true_indian]

I heard it was 1 billion. BUT, it was his money. The former lord mayor spends my hard earned tax money for a prestigious project that we don't really need. My city has so many concert halls that needs to be filled with content and audience.

Absolutely, It's his money. Good for him, I was just wondering about his priorities. Anyways, so you are saying they are building it with public money. Wow.