The Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) has bagged the ‘Best EWS Developers’ award for effectively meeting the housing demand of the people belonging to economically weaker sections.
The award was given by the Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu during ‘Housing For All’ Convention cum Award ceremony organised by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi.
Chief Minister Raman Singh and the State’s Minister for Housing and Environment Rajesh Munat congratulated CGHB for its significant achievement and praised the efforts being made by the Board to ensure housing facility for the economically backward sections.
Moreover, Additional Chief Secretary (Housing and Environment) N Baijendra Kumar also congratulated the Board and its officials for the success.
Notably, on behalf of CGHB, the award was received by CGHB Chairman Bhupendra Singh Swanni and CGHB Commissioner Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi.
“The objective of CGHB is to ensure providing houses with basic facilities and infrastructure for the people from different sections of the society. In the interest of people belonging to economically weaker sections of the society, the Board constructs around 85 percent of houses under its project,” said Chairman of CGHB Bhupendra Singh Swanni.
According to CGHB Commissioner Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi, aiming to deal with soaring population in urban areas, a housing scheme till 2022 has been formed on the lines of Centre’s ‘Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana’. The project aims to develop housing schemes for people dwelling in slum areas, urban poor and people belonging to EWS.
Pardeshi further informed that during the next three years (from 2015-16 to 2017-18) CGHB has fixed a target for construction of as many as 15000 houses in 2015-16 while 25000 houses in 2016-17 and 25000 in 2017-18.
Similarly, under general housing scheme, around 9000 houses will be constructed by the Board in 2015-16, 10500 in 2016-17 and 11000 in 2017-18. In addition to this, 23664 houses in 2015-16 under Mukhyamantri Awaas Yojana, 7336 in 2016-17 and 9000 in 2017-18.
As many as 4000 houses will be constructed in Kamal Vihar scheme under affordable housing scheme in 2015-16, 2000 houses in 2016-17 and 1500 houses in 2017-18.
The Board has been assigned with the task to provide housing facility to people falling in the category of medium income group, lower income group and economic weaker sections under different schemes including Atal Awaas Yojana, Deendayal Awaas Yojana, Kushabhau Thakre Awaas Yojana and others.