Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday dedicated 80 pucca houses to the slum dwellers of Mahisakhala in the BJB Nagar area of Bhubaneswar. The houses are constructed in two blocks consisting of 40 houses each.
The houses were given as part of the rehabilitation programme for evicted slum dwellers.
The 80 pucca houses have been constructed at a cost of Rs 10 crore under the Rajiv Awas Yojana.
Going forward, the Government is planning to provide houses to 748 beneficiaries across 17 blocks. The Government has allocated Rs 50 crore for the purpose.
“This is the first phase in which 80 families of Mahisakhala slum will be rehabilitated. We are planning to build 760 houses,” said Housing and Urban Development Minister Pushpendra Singh Deo.