Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed that a single-window clearance system be adopted by the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) for giving approval to building plans.
Patnaik issued this direction while presiding over a meeting on comprehensive development plan for Bhubaneswar here. Patnaik directed the BDA and Odisha State Housing Board Corporation (OSHBC) to immediately start housing construction programmes for economically weaker sections in Bhubaneswar, said an official release.
Similarly, a he advised the Housing and Urban Development Department to prepare a time-bound plan for rehabilitation of city slum dwellers here in the next five years. He also asked for speeding up required process for constitution of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Metropolitan Development Authority.
It was revealed that under the Slum Development Programme while the BDA has undertaken construction of 760 EWS houses at Mahisakhal and 1,480 at Patharbandh, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started work for 600 such houses at Rangamatia.
The meeting resolved that process would soon begin for transfer of forest land for rehabilitation of slum dwellers of Mandap basti, Salia Sahi and Niladrivihar in the city. It also revealed that development work has been undertaken at six slums under the PPP mode.
Hundred acres of land has been identified in Bhubaneswar to provide houses to EWS people under the State Government’s “House for All” policy, the release informed. Issues like Bhubaneswar Ring Road, master plan for roads and satellite city construction were also discussed.