Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Girija Vyas would lay the foundation stone of a residential project under Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana in Sirsa on December 27. The project worth Rs95 crore would see 2,144 houses being constructed.
A spokesman said that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would preside over the function. Under this project, 2,016 houses would be constructed near Kanganpur in Sirsa city over an area of 55,776 square metre whereas 128 houses would be constructed in Khajakhera near auto market over an area of 28,716 square metres.
The carpet area for one house would be 25.61 square metres and a drawing room, a bed room, kitchen, bathroom, toilet and balcony would be constructed. Also, other arrangements of roads of cement concrete, pump station for drinking water, tubewell, sewerage, power, boundary fencing and rain water harvesting would be provided. Under the project, a sum of Rs10.94 crore would be spent on providing basic facilities and the rest amount would be spent on construction of the house.
“A scheme has been prepared to construct 7,474 houses in the State and a sum of Rs765.95 crore would be spent on it. Under the project, maximum of 3,008 houses would be constructed in Sirsa. Under the first phase of pilot project, the State Government has given approval for construction of 2,144 houses,” the spokesman added.