Haryana Government on Thursday accorded approval of Rs882.50 crore for construction of 11,259 houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) of the State at Hisar, Fatehabad, Agroha, Jagadhri, Karnal and Safidon.A spokesman of Haryana Housing Board said that construction of 411 EWS flats for BPl families has been completed with effect from October 26, 2014 to May 31, 2015. During this period, an expenditure of Rs181.38 crore has been incurred on construction of EWS and EWS for BPl and other categories of flats.
The registration of 2,165 EWS flats for BPl families at various stations has been carried out from December 22, 2014 to March 24, 2015. Presently construction of 23,679 houses of different categories is in progress at different stations. Out of these, 22,631 houses are for EWS and BPl families.The construction work of 264 type-A flats for Defence Personnel in Sector-31 at Panchkula has been allotted to the contractual agencies and work is likely to be started by July 2015.The spokesman said that environment clearance for the construction of 686 flats of various categories at Rohtak for the government employees has been obtained from the State Environment Impact Assessment Committee. Process of e-tendering and third party inspection system have been adopted, he added.