The Chhattisgarh Government is committed to fulfil the dream of every needy family of their own house, said Chief Minister Raman Singh. In this direction, he said, the Government through the Chhattisgarh Housing Board has made good quality houses available at concessional rate by constructing well-founded colonies with all basic facilities under various housing schemes. The Board, in the direction of fulfilling the dream of housing revolution in the state, has made encouraging environment.
While addressing a mammoth public meeting after inaugurating a two-day Awas Mela organised by Chhattisgarh Housing Board at Rajnandgaon district headquarters on Saturday, He said that in the last 10 years, the Housing Board has constructed houses in the state four times more than that was constructed during the last 40 years. In Rajnandgaon district itself, more than 3,000 houses have been constructed.
CM Singh said that economic prosperity has coming in the life of people in the state due to the politicies and public welfare schemes of the Government. The CM inaugurated a special camp organised for providing artificial limbs and tricycles, calipers and other supportive equipment to about 1,000 disabled persons.
In the Awas Mela, bank loan facility has been made available to people for purchasing houses in the various colonies of the Board. The chief minister dedicated residential colony consisting of 417 houses constructed at a cost of Rs 11.16 crore by the housing board in Rajnandgaon district. Out of them, 150 houses were constructed at a cost of Rs 5 crore under Deendayal Awas Yojana for low income group at Manki village near Rajnandgaon and 98 houses constructed at a cost of Rs 1.37 crore under Atal Awas Yojana at Mohara village.
Singh also dedicated Atal Awas Colony comprising 169 houses constructed with a cost of Rs 2.45-crore at Pipariya village in Khairagarh block and a commercial premises constructed with a cost of Rs 2.33-crore at the new bus stand in Rajnandgaon district headquarters.
The Chief Minister, under the scheme of Gramodyog department, gave away electric wheel to 150 potters and Rs 10,000 loan to 32 Women Self-Help Groups for business. He also distributed cheque worth Rs 15,000 each to 50 Women Self-Help Groups for employment under National livelihood Mission.
Under the inter-caste marriage encourage scheme of the Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Department, the Chief Minister presented Rs 50,000 encouragement money and citation to nine couples.
Housing and environment minister Rajesh Munat, Woman and Child Development minister Ramshila Sahu, MP Madhusudan Yadav, former chairman of State Civil Supplies Corporation leelaram Bhojwani, former chairman of Textbooks Corporation Ashok Sharma and other peoples’ representatives and senior officers from various departments were present at the function.