In a first of its kind under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban), the Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation on Monday approved fitting of roof top solar energy panels over 10,000 houses belonging to Economically Weaker Sections in Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs253 crore.
This ‘Green’ proposal of the State Government was approved by an Inter-Ministerial Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (CSMC) chaired by Nandita Chatterjee, Secretary(HUPA), according to a statement here.
The unit cost of greening these 10,000 EWS houses in 157 town panchayats is estimated to be Rs2.53 lakh per house. Of this, HUPA Ministry will provide an assistance of Rs1.50 lakh per house while the State Government will contribute Rs60,000 and the beneficiary’s contribution will be Rs43,000.
Overall, of the total cost of construction/improvement of 23,476 houses in Tamil Nadu approved, the Central Government will provide a total assistance of Rs352.14 crore.
Affordable houses approved for construction/improvement are at Chennai, Pudukkottai, Namakkal, Madurai, Ranipet, Tiruchirapalli, Vellore, Erode, Coimbattore, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Hosur and Viruddhnagar.
The Committee also approved construction of 7,204 houses under Affordable Housing in Partnerhsip (AHP) component of PMAY (Urban) in 9 cities and towns at a total cost of Rs572 crore with cost of construction ranging from Rs7.22 lakhs to Rs8.46 lakhs per house. Of this, central assistance will be Rs1.50 lakh per house and the rest will be borne by the State Government and beneficiaries, the statement added.