The ‘e–AWAS’ module of Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) has revolutionised the way host of services are delivered from Government to Consumer in the State.
The ‘e-AWAS’ module conceptualised by Chhattisgarh unit of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) with a view to deliver online services with respect to sale of residential and commercial properties, officials stated.
The Estate and Finance modules of the web based software application were rolled out May 21 this year by State Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat, officials stated. The software is being implemented in all 15 divisions and 4 zones of the Housing Board since April 1, 2015.
The web based software utilized by CGHB facilitates online query of the vacant residential and commercial type properties of the various CGHB projects across the State through ‘Samriddhi online’ based on various parameters viz. area , district , price , building type and model.
The software also enables e-Registration of vacant property and online payment by the investors besides faciltating lottery for allocation of property.
The other features of the software are-generation of various reports of investors viz. registration, house allotment, cost fixation, house possession etc.
There is also a complete automation of finance modules to capture all the vouchers with respect to employees, contractors, liabilities and miscellaneous. Moreover, the reports generated in finance modules are the daily and monthly cash book, ledger, trial balance, Income and expenditure and balance sheet.
In May this year, Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat had also asked officials to publicize details of colonies and houses of CGHB using social media tools for achieving higher marketing reach for its properties.
In a review meeting of Housing and Environment Department here, Munat asked officials to prepare a scheme of Hire-Purchase for CGHB properties not yet sold, for the government employees in various districts. He said that the people have more faith in purchasing properties developed by the government.
It is noteworthy that Union Minister of Urban Development M Vainkaiya Naidu, on behalf of Central Government's undertaking- Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), conferred a national award on Naya Raipur Development Project in a function organized in New Delhi recently.
State Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat had received this award. The award ceremony was organized on the occasion of HUDCO's 45th Foundation Day.
Notably, the CGHB will construct houses for government employees in 146 block and nine new district headquarters at a project cost of ` 1,000 crore.
The decision came in wake of Chief Minister Raman Singh's directions to the Revenue Department to take prompt action for solving the problem of housing for the government employees in various district and block headquarters.
According to officials, Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey told that his Department has issued circular to all the district collectors in this regard.
In the circular it has been 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 government'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.