24 FEB, 2012, 07.30PM IST, PTI
Delhi government to build 72,000 low-cost flats for slum dwellers in next 2 years
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has decided to construct 72,000 low-cost flats in next two years for allotment among slum dwellers and economically weaker section, in tune with its plan to make the national capital slum-free.
Top officials involved in the mega housing project said the ground work for construction of the low-cost flats has already been started and agencies involved in it have been told to expedite process of various clearances.
Delhi government's premier infrastructure agency DSIIDC will implement the project which has been conceived as part of government's ambitious goal of making the city slum-free in next three to four years, they said. "We have set a target of completing the construction within next two years," said a top official of DSIIDC.
The Delhi State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) has already completed construction of 9,660 flats in Narela, Dwarka, Bhorgarh under the JNNURM scheme and another 5,184 flats are likely to be completed very soon.
The officials said the process of selecting the beneficiaries for around 15,000 flats was underway. They said people who have settled in a slum or jhughi jhopri cluster not later than March 31, 2007 will be eligible to get allotment of the low-cost houses.
In her annual address to top officials earlier this week, Dikshit had identified providing roof to slum-dwellers as one of the three major priority areas for her government for the coming financial year. The government earlier this month had started allotment of around 2,200 low-cost flats to industrial workers.
In the first batch, a total of 115 industrial workers were given allotment letters of flats built at Narela area of North West Delhi. The DSIIDC has built the flats on 'no loss no profit'. The flats have been built under Rajiv Gandhi Housing scheme for industrial workers. The remaining 2,114 flats will be alloted within next six months.
Officials said Government would make available hospitals, schools, shopping complexes and bus services in the areas where low-cost flats are coming up.
Meanwhile, Industries Minister Ramakant Goswami visited the construction site of low cost flats at Pootkhurd area of West Delhi where a total of 14,200 houses are being built.
Chief Managing Director of DSIIDC Chetan B Sanghi, who accompanied Goswami, said as per the Master Plan of Delhi 2021, the city would require to construct 75,000 low cost flats every year to provide roof to the EWS families.
He said contract has been awarded for construction of another 4,560 houses at Tikri Kalan while tender for construction of another 8,420 flats is being initiated. Preparation of the detailed project report for construction of another 4,000 houses is underway, he said.
Goswami said government would start allotment of around 14,000 houses from April. Sanghi said DSIIDC has submitted a proposal to the Centre for construction of transit accommodation for migrant workers.
A proposal to construct accommodation for 20,000 people has already been submitted to the Centre while another proposal for construction of transit accommodation for around 52,020 people will be submitted soon, Sanghi said.
Delhi government to build 72,000 low-cost flats for slum dwellers in next 2 years - The Economic Times
