The State Housing and Urban Development Minister Pritam Singh Panwar chaired a meeting here on Friday to review the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP). The minister told the officials concerned that houses for the urban poor will be constructed in a phased and time-bound manner and no compromise will be made with the quality of the construction. Responsibility will be fixed at the directorate level for this purpose.
The Minister also told the officials to review the work efficiently on receiving the progress report from the executing agency every 15 days. Panwar clarified that funds under the programme will be received from the Government of India only on the condition that 70 per cent of the funds received earlier will be utilised and the utilisation certificate will be submitted to the Government of India. During the meeting chaired by Panwar, a proposal for the State government allocating Rs 1170.96 lakh for completing construction of homes and Rs 2693 lakh for infrastructural development was also presented. The officials considered presenting this proposal in the meeting of the State cabinet.
Officials of the Urban Development department informed that while 650 homes have been facilitated through the urban local body level, 1532 homes approved on 16 sites are yet to be constructed. These will require Rs 3065 lakh on the basis of per unit cost.
This construction will be facilitated through the beneficiaries on the lines of the Pauri model. Similarly the number of partially constructed homes is 1314 and Rs 20.80 crore is required to complete these constructions, informed the officials. The minister said that in case the construction of homes is yet to be started, the construction should be facilitated through the beneficiaries.
He also directed that the executing agency should facilitate completion of work on 1314 homes constructed to varied extents in a phased manner. Secretary, Urban Development DS Garbyal, additional director, Urban Development Navdip Pandey, executive engineer, Urban Development, Ravi Pandey and other officials were also among those present in the meeting.