The Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) has once again been honoured at the national level on the occasion of 'Global Partnership Summit' organised on the theme— 'Smart City, Smart India' by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi.
CGHB was awarded 'Best Housing Board' Award for providing affordable housing facility, officials stated.
Chhattisgarh's Housing, Environment and PWD Minister Rajesh Munat, CGHB Chairman Bhupendra Singh Savanni and Commissioner Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi together received the award at the hands of Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister of State for Forest , Environment and Climate Change (Independent charge) Prakash Javadekar.
On the occasion, prominent figures from industrial world, ambassadors of various countries and CEO of CGHB, Sunil Singh was also present.
On the occasion, State's Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat said that in the direction of achieving vision and goals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Raman Singh has directed the Housing Department to pace up the works to ensure availability of housing facility for all in Chhattisgarh.
In this direction, the State Government has announced construction of 40,000 houses in Naya Raipur for lIG and EWS sections under affordable housing and 'Chief Minister Housing Scheme'. land for construction of these houses is being provided at the nominal rate of `1 per sq ft. Against this target, nearly 6300 houses have already been constructed and registration of the same has also been done.
He said that the biggest challenge before the State is to provide housing facility and healthy environment to homeless poor people.
The CGHB was constituted in year 2004, since then, it has constructed more than 85,000 houses and 85% of these houses are dedicated to EWS and lIG sections of society.