Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday directed the officials to prepare a comprehensive scheme for the rehabilitation of urban slums in the State by providing residential flats to the slum dwellers at affordable prices. To begin with, Faridabad and Gurugram are proposed to be taken up under the scheme.
Presiding over a meeting regarding ‘Housing for All’ in Chandigarh, the Chief Minister said that subsequently, the scheme would be rolled out in other big cities of the State too. He said that the State Government’s goal is to provide affordable housing facilities to the entire slum population residing in urban areas of the State.
The Chief Minister directed that the rehabilitation scheme would be prepared by the Department of ‘Housing for All’. He said that under this scheme, it would be ensured that the sites for the construction of flats are suitably located within the city and the slum dwellers are shifted to residential flats with their consent. He added that there are a large number of slum dwellers in the State who are ready to shift in constructed dwelling units.
He directed the landholding departments to conduct a survey to assess the area and number of potential beneficiaries for the scheme. The Chief Minister said that the flats to be constructed under the scheme would be given to the slum dwellers on affordable prices which could be paid by them in installments. He said that the State Government could also arrange loans through banks so as to facilitate payment by the beneficiaries.