With a view to bring about complete transformation of the urban areas of the State in the ‘Swarna Jayanti Varsh’ from November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2017, Haryana Government would implement three ambitious projects.
These projects included housing for the shelter-less poor, street vendors looking for a place for their livelihood and improvement of 20 cities. The tender process for these projects would begin by the end of this month, said Urban local Bodies Minister, Kavita Jain, who was presiding over a high-level meeting.
Reviewing the steps taken by the Department to implement the Housing for All scheme, Kavita Jain directed the concerned officers to complete the tender process for hiring consultancy agency by the end of this month so that work to conduct survey for giving concrete shape to the scheme in cities earmarked under category I could be started in November.
In the first phase, work to construct houses for the homeless would be carried out in Faridabad, Karnal, Hisar, Yamunanagar, Rohtak, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Panipat, Ambala, Panchkula, Thanesar, Kaithal, Jind, Jhajjar, Rewari, Palwal, Narnaul, Nuh, Fatehabad and Bhiwani. Provision of Rs 7.65 crore and Rs 66 crore for this purpose has been made by the Central and State Governments, respectively.
The Minister also issued directions to prepare a plan for conducting survey under the Haryana Street Vendors (Protection of livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Rules, 2016 from November. District-level committee would conduct survey of all aspects including location of street vendors and their selection. Officers were also directed to accelerate the process of selecting the agency for survey.
She also asked the officers to invite tenders for strengthening the sewerage, water supply and drainage systems of Sonipat, Panipat, Ambala, Gurgaon and Karnal under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. She also directed them to seek report on other cities included under the scheme at the earliest and ensure speedy action on detailed project plan.