The District Planning Committee of Ghaziabad has approved a budget of Rs 216 crore for undertaking various developmental activities across the district. The approved budget under the 48 heads would be invested for welfare works such as ; sanitation, potable water supply, street lightening, roads and housing.
Suresh Khanna, the Urban Development Minister of Uttar Pradesh, said that the aforementioned budget under 48 developmental heads has been approved by the state cabinet.
The minister said that there is a target of building 4172 houses for economically weaker sections through District Urban Development Agency (DUDA) in Midi Nagar, loni, Murad Nagar and Khoda. He said that a subsidy of Rs . 2.5 lakh would be given, out of which UP government would contribute Rs . One lakh and union government would share Rs . 1.5 lakh. While rest of the amount i.e. Rs 2.5 lakh would be borne by the applicant (whose income is below to Rs 3 lakh per year).
Out of 20,000 houses for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) , 12,000 have been built and possession of 5000 have been given, Khanna said.
Regarding sanitation workers, the minister claimed that existing strength is 3, 25,000 in the state. Out of which 3500 workers are employed in Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation.
"The monthly salary to these employees would be dispensed through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS). No middleman would be allowed in their payment," he said.
During last financial year, road patch works were completed on 132 kilometer while the target for current year is 2155 kilometer, Khanna said.
Also 47000 lED lights were installed in the city against the target of Rs 50,000 lights. Rest 3000 lED lights would be installed soon claimed the minister.
"We are going to introduce a transport policy engaged in disposal of solid waste. I visited Malaysia last year and found a unique way of disposing off their solid waste. We are going to introduce the same here" said the minister.
Retired army personnel would be employed in the enforcement wing to realize and enforce an effective vendor policy in next five year. According to official information, 12,113 toilets were constructed in Ghaziabad under Swachh Bharat mission. While 4000 more toilets have been targeted for the current financial year.