Chief Minister Raman Singh will inaugurate various construction works worth Rs31.37 crore on Thursday.
This includes under-bridge, central library, auditorium and launch of Chief Minister Employee Housing Scheme.
The Chief Minister will inaugurate Hirapur Railway Crossing Under Bridge constructed at the cost of Rs6.87 crore on Urkura-Sarona Bypass Rail line near Mahoba Bazar at Kota Road NH-53.
On the same day, Singh will inaugurate newly-built Central library at International Swimming Pool Complex, constructed at cost of Rs4.50 crore.
later around 5 pm Chief Minister will lay foundation of two-storeyed Auditorium to be constructed at Nagarjuna Science Post-Graduation Government College (Science College) at the cost of Rs20 crore.
On the occasion, Chhattisgarh Housing Board will launch “Chief Minister Employee Housing Scheme”. Construction of the under-bridge will benefit nearly one lakh residents of Tatibandh, Mahoba Bazar, Amanaka area, Kabeer Nagar and Heerapur colony.
The programme will be presided over by MP Ramesh Bais.
In this programme, PWD, Housing and Environment, Transport Minister Rajesh Munat, Revenue Calamity Management Higher Education Manpower Planning Science and Technology Minister Premprakash Pandey, Agriculture, Water Resource, Fishery, Animal Husbandry, Religious Trust and Endowment Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Urban Administration, Commercial Tax, Commerce and Industry and Public Undertaking Minister Amar Agrawal, MlAs namely Satyanarayan Sharma and Shrichand Sundrani, Raipur Municipal Corporation Mayor Pramod Dubey, Speaker Prafulla Vishwakarma, RDA Chairman Sanjay Shrivastava and corporators will also attend the programme.
It may be recalled that the Chhattisgarh Housing Board will also be constructing 4,168 lIG flats and another 3,104 EWS flats under “Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana” at Kamal Vihar scheme being implemented near Raipur city.
The housing units would be constructed in 25.53 hectares of land using RCC Precast Technology in 18 different locations of the scheme, officials stated.
Notably, the CGHB recently bagged the “Best EWS Developers” award for effectively meeting the housing demand of the people belonging to economically weaker sections.
The award was handed over by the Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu during “Housing For All” Convention-cum-Award ceremony organized by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi.
Chief Minister Raman Singh and the State’s Minister for Housing and Environment Rajesh Munat had congratulated CGHB for its significant achievement and praised the efforts being made by the Board to ensure housing facility for the economically weaker sections.
As many as 4,000 houses will be constructed in Kamal Vihar scheme under affordable housing scheme in 2015-16, 2,000 houses in 2016-17 and 1,500 houses in 2017-18.
The Board has been assigned with the task to providing housing facility to people falling in the category of medium income group, lower income group and economic weaker sections under different schemes including Atal Awaas Yojana, Deendayal Awaas Yojana, Kushabhau Thakre Awaas Yojana and others.
CGHB will also be constructing as many as 40,000 houses in Naya Raipur under an affordable housing scheme.
Of the 40,000 houses to be constructed involving an expenditure of expenditure of Rs3,500 crore, 20,000 houses will be constructed for economically weaker sections, 10,000 houses for lIG-A and 10,000 for lIG-B category.
CGHB is committed to ensure facilities to families falling under economically weaker sections and under this move, the Board will be constructing 40,000 houses under Mukhyamantri Awaas Yojana, stated Minister for Housing and Environment Rajesh Munat.
The Minister further informed that the State Government will give grant of Rs1 lakh for each houses falling under EWS category while Rs50,000 grant for lIG houses. For this, the Chhattisgarh Government is going to provide total grant of Rs357 crore.
As per information received from CGHB officials, houses with carpet area of 27 square metres will be constructed for EWS category whereas 40 square metres has been fixed for lIG-A and 60 square metres for lIG-B.
Under this scheme, the Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) is going to provide land with of Rs1 square per sqaure feet. The cost of houses will be Rs4 lakh from single EWS house (excluding grant), Rs7 lakh for lIG-A (excluding grant) and Rs10 lakh for lIG-B (excluding grant).
Incidentally, the CGHB had been utilising advanced and cost effective RCC Precast technology for constructing houses under Mukyamanti Awas Yojana (Chief Minister Housing Scheme).
The Precast technology is a globally recognised process through which concrete is cast into a mould and then transported to the construction site for use, officials stated.
The Chhattisgarh Government has also set a target of constructing nearly 42,000 houses under Indira Awas Yojana in the State, officials stated.
Moreover, the State Government provided approvals for construction of 1.34 lakh housing units for the economically weaker sections during the past three years.
As a result, out of Rs424 crore available fund for construction of the housing units, a sum of Rs309.19 crore had already been spent for construction of 88,654 housing units, officials stated.
Moreover, the Chhattisgarh government will soon be preparing an integrated master plan for development of areas close to bank of Kharun river in Raipur and Durg districts.
In this regard, Public Works Department (PWD) and Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat discussed the issues pertaining to developmental works with Ahmedabad-based consultant agency at the Mantralaya recently.
Meanwhile, the organisation has presented a presentation before Munat displaying developmental works carried out on bank and areas close to River Sabarmati and Kankaria lake in Ahmedabad.
Taking cue from developmental works carried out on bank of Sabarmati river and areas close to Kankaria lake, Munat directed officials concerned to chalk out a master plan for integrated development on bank of Kharun river in Raipur and Durg.
Moreover, the Minister suggested for incorporating master plan of developmental works undertaken in areas close to Sabarmati river and Kankaria lake.
In its presentation to the Minister, consultant of Ahmedabad-based agency Kunal Patel provided detailed information about past and present status of the areas close to Sabarmati river and Kankaria lake.