With a view to providing better residential facilities to the family members of police personnel, the Chhattisgarh Government is going to construct about 10,000 houses by spending `2,000 crore, said Chief Minister Raman Singh while dedicating the Police Housing Complex near Kotwali here on Sunday.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister also launched the housing scheme ‘Nilyam’.
The 48 houses residential complex that has been named as ‘Mahatma Gandhi Avasiya Parisar’ has been constructed after spending `3.84 crore. The complex constructed by Chhattisgarh Police Housing Corporation has been made for the families of Constables and Head Constables.
While appreciating the work of Chhattisgarh Police Housing Corporation, Singh said that the work of the Corporation had started with a small team and I congratulate the officers associated with implementation of the scheme.
“The Chhattisgarh Police Housing Corporation has also constructed 120 police stations in remote areas and so far in 27 districts, 300 police quarters have been constructed ,” he told the gathering.
later on, the Chief Minister handed over the keys of residential flats to police personnel. The occasion was marked with presence of Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Public Works Department Minister Rajesh Munat, Director General of Police AN Upadhyay, former DGP Vishvaranjan and other senior police officers.