Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday laid the foundation stone and conducted Bhoomi Pujan for the construction of the office buildings for the Housing and Enviornment Department and the State Planning Board at Sector 19 of Naya Raipur. The combined cost for the construction of the two buildings is Rs70 crore.
This apart, there would be an integrated building comprising ‘Paryavas Bhavan’ (which would be the office of Housing and Enviornment Department), Chhattisgarh Housing Board, Chhattisgarh Environment Board and Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA). The contrcution of the entire building project had been taken up by NRDA.
The Chief Minister after conducting Bhoomi Pujan took detailed information on the integrated building from the officials present on the occasion.
As per the plan, the ‘Paryavas Bhavan’ would be five-storied to be built in an area of 15,228 square meter with provision of parking in the basement. The cost of the project is estimated at Rs60 crore. It is targeted to complete the construction of the building in 24 months (two years).
An interesting aspect of the two buildings would be that they would be powered by solar energy and only in emergency situations conventional source of power would be utilized. The ground floor of the building would comprise a canteen and the rest of the space would be utilized for development of other facilities. The remaining four floors of the building would be utilized for other official purposes.
This apart, the building of State Planning Board to be named ‘Yojana Bhavan’ comprise three storeys and would be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs10 crore.
Both the proposed buildings would be developed as ‘Green Buildings’. The design aspects and materials to be used in the building would be in line with the requirement of maximum availability of light in the buildings. Present on the occasion were Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat and Chairman of Chhattisgarh Housing Board Subash Rao.