State Housing and Urban Development minister Pritam Singh Panwar chaired the first meeting of the Uttarakhand Housing and Town Development Authority here on Wednesday. The proposed organisational structure of the authority was discussed and approval granted by the minister to 113 posts in it. The minister also gave approval to estimated expenditure of Rs 1.70 crore for immediate facilitation including salaries for personnel, office maintainence, construction of office cabins, computer and other expenses. For this contributions will be collected from the various authorities in the State including Rs 80 lakh from the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority, Rs 50 lakh from Doon Valley Special Authority, Rs 40 lakh from Haridwar-Roorkee Development Authority, Rs five lakh from Nainital lake Development Authority and Rs two lakh each from the Tehri lake Area Development Authority and Gangotri Development Authority. Panwar informed in the meeting that as an immediate arrangement on temporary basis, the Uttarakhand Housing and Town Development Authority would function from the available space on the third floor of the MDDA’s multipurpose complex on Dispensary Road. He directed officials concerned to ensure that this office is opened within the next 15 days while asking them to present the necessary documents to him for approval by August 19.