There is a proposal to construct three to four storeyed apartment buildings in the Jagdalpur district headquarters for Government officials and employees comprising nearly 450 flats.This was informed in a meeting chaired by Bastar Division Commissioner Dilip Wasnikar during the time-limit meeting here.The housing project is aimed at providing new houses to the Government officials and employees by demolishing old houses which have passed their time.Officials also informed that a Transit Hostel is also being constructed at Shaheed Park for officials and employees.This apart about 600 houses are being constructed for police officials and employees, they informed.
A power station is also under construction in the premises of Jagdalpur Medical College. The Government early this year informed that the Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) will construct houses for government employees in 146 block and nine new district headquarters at a project cost of Rs1,000 crore.The decision come in wake of Chief Minister Raman Singh's directions to the Revenue Department to take prompt action in solving the problem of housing for the Government employees in various district and block headquarters.According to officials, Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey had stated that his Department has issued circular to all the district collectors in this regard.
The circular stated that the land should be allotted to CGHB as per demand and equivalent to the cost of construction of houses. Earlier, the land was allotted by an Inter-departmental Committee.However, according to the State’s decision, the allotment of land will now be done by a Committee of senior Secretaries, officials said.The circular states that the Government land will be selected for construction of residences for government officials and employees at the headquarters of nine new districts formed in 2012 including Balod, Bemetara, Gariaband, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Surajpur, Mungeli, Kondagaon, Sukma and Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara besides all 146 block headquarters of the State, officials said. The circular also states that the land identified will remain in the name of the Government and will be provided to CGHB only for construction of houses.