Bhopal

More houses to be built for the poor: Minister

Staff Reporter

Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board (MPH&IDB) chairman and Urban Administration and Development (UAD) Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya instructed the board officials to construct maximum houses for the poor, weaker and middle sections of the society.

Vijayvargiya issued this instruction while addressing a meeting of the Board of Directors of the MPH&IDB here on Monday at the Board headquarters. “looking at the basic aim of constitution of the Board maximum houses should be constructed for the poor, weaker and middle sections,” Vijayvargiya said. Besides the work of handing over of the colonies to the local bodies should be completed by December 31, he added.

During the meeting, a budget of  `1041 crore of the board for the year 2014-15 was also unanimously passed. Vijayvargiya also took the occasion to provide appointment letters to eleven persons on compassionate grounds.

The meet also decided to formulate a proposal to solve the discontent among the allottees over the increasing in prices of board properties. It was decided that the proposal should be formulated at the earliest so that it could be presented before the state cabinet so that a decision in the public interest could be taken over the issue.  The meet also took decision that under the rent purchase scheme if the housing property allotteess deposit amount outright than rebate on the interest in pending amount would be provided to the allottees.a