Haryana Government has given approval for the construction of 11,259 flats for the persons belonging to Economically Weaker Sections at a cost of Rs882.50 crore at various places in the State.
Haryana Transport and Housing Minister, Krishan lal Panwar on Tuesday said, “At present, construction work of 21,597 houses is in progress at various places in the state of which 19,074 have been kept for EWS and BPl.”
He said that a sum of Rs223.47 crore has been spent on construction of these houses. The construction work of about 2,447 flats has already been completed.
The State Government has been working actively to provide housing facility to poor and people belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). Also, the state Environment Department has given clearance for construction of housing complex with 686 flats for Government employees, said he.
Panwar added that the Government has the vision that every person would get their own house by 2022.
The Minister said that the work for construction of 264 type A flats in Panchkula
for soldiers and para-military forces have also been allotted.
Soon, 3,330 flats would be constructed in Hisar, 4,928 in Fatehabad, 400 in Agroha, 1,179 in Jagadhari, 924 in Karnal and 498 in Safidon. He said that to ensure transparency, e-tendering system has been adopted in Housing Board and third party inspection has been started for quality checking of under-construction flats.
Panwar added that the Central Government has given rebate of 6.5 per cent in interest rates on housing loans to urban poor.