Chhattisgarh Housing Board will be celebrating its 10th anniversary of establishment as ‘House for all month’ this month.As a part of it, Awas melas will be organised in 11 cities of the State in February. Besides, the Board will also launch a number of public utility services.
Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat will launch a three public utility services of the Board — Samrudhi online, toll-free telephone facility and e-awas facility - and the headquarters of the Board at Shankar Nagar on Monday ( February 3) at 1 pm.
Commissioner Housing Board Sonmani Bora said that the website of the Board has been upgraded under Samrudhi online, in which complete details about the Board’s available property for allotment and sale, along with information of localities are available.
Along with residential house, information about commercial buildings and shops is also available in the website. With this facility the beneficiaries will get complete information online, he said.
Similarly, the Board has established toll-free telephone 1800-233-0555 and 1800-200-6313 at its Raipur Information Service Centre. The beneficiaries will be given guidelines related to the schemes, available property, registration process and freehold through this service.
In the e-Awas scheme, with an objective of computerization of all the works of the Board, web-based software has been developed through NIC. The main objective of it is to provide clear information with transparency to the government, department, common man and the beneficiaries of the Board.
Bora said that the ‘House to all’ scheme of the Board would be started from Raipur, which would be inaugurated by chief minister Dr Raman Singh at Town Hall. Besides, Awas melas will be organised at Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Korba, Aarang, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Dhamtari, Jagadalpur, Balodabazar and Rajnandgaon also.
Along with providing information about housing schemes, application forms will be distributed and received and housing freehold-related action will also be taken at these melas.
He said that during the 10th anniversary, the Board, by including the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur as its ‘Knowledge Partner’, would organize a seminar on ‘Future Homes and Smart Colony’, onFebruary 23. Besides, essay competition on ‘Apna Ghar Apni Colony’, logo design for the Board and slogan competitions would also be organised.
He said that the Board has been started services like housing express, mobile van, payment gateway, e-payment, freehold activities and housing loan. In the housing mela, concession in the price and prizes would be provided on the allotment and sale of houses. The Mela will be concluded in Rajnandgaon.