Continuing its development work, World Vision India, a leading humanitarian organisation of the State, on Thursday distributed housing material to 122 poorest of poor and marginally poor families to construct and renovate their houses that would benefit 650 people from 27 slums in and around Salia Sahi, Mancheswar, Khandagiri and Niladri Vihar area.
World Vision programme manager Golden Kumar Naik mentioned that maximum of 10 tin sheets of 12 feet or 10 feet size are being given to each family along with 10 wooden rafters based on the size of the house.
Attending as chief guest of the programme, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation mayor Ananta Narayan Jena praised the work of the organanisation and also mentioned the plan of the BMC on rehabilitation of slum dwellers under different schemes. Heart foundation director Ajaya Nayak and the mayor distributed tin sheets and wooden rafters to the beneficiaries. Community leaders from 27 slums witnessed and assisted the distribution programme.