Haryana Government has constituted a special task force under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar lal for effective implementation of ‘Housing for All’ scheme, and to ensure that each family in the state has its own house by 2019.
The State Government has also assigned chairman, Haryana Housing Board Jawahar Yadav, the task of maintaining proper coordination with different departments under the scheme.
The Chief Minister on Tuesday presided over the meeting of ‘Housing for All’ scheme. During the meeting, he directed the departments concerned to prepare housing schemes keeping in view the present requirements, so as to achieve the target of providing housing facility to every family in Haryana by 2019.
All the respective departments, boards and corporations involved in the implementation of this ambitious scheme, including Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Haryana Housing Board, Haryana Police Housing Corporation and Rural Development Department, should prepare schemes to achieve this target, said he.
He also directed them to expedite the implementation of the existing housing schemes.
While laying stress on the scientific method of conducting surveys, the Chief Minister asked the departments concerned to provide district-wise details of houses already available and new houses required.
He also asked the departments to utilise the services of multiple agencies in this work to ensure accuracy of the data.
Manohar lal said that the aim of the State Government is to assist those who either want to construct new house or purchase already constructed houses. The Chief Minister also directed the Haryana Housing Board to find out the demand of houses in big cities and towns of the State including Faridabad, Sonipat and Panipat. He also asked the Board to construct houses as per the demand so as to ensure their proper utilisation.
He also issued directions to the Rural Development Department to carry out detailed mapping to identify the exact number of beneficiaries who still did not get 100 square yards plot. The Chief Minister was apprized that HUDA has already constructed 6,300 flats under Ashiana Scheme. Apart from this, 6,000 new flats would be constructed in Rajiv Colony and Indira Colony in Panchkula in Pubic Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
Similarly, Haryana Housing Board has constructed 15,000 houses for which the allotment process is in progress. Apart from this, 17,000 new houses are under construction. The Haryana Housing Board has so far constructed 83,000 housing units in the state.