Public sector Navratna — the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) will be developing a Group Housing Project at Sector 30 in Chhattisgarh's new capital here, officials stated.
It will also construct its Corporate Office in the new capital.The office would come up at Sector 24, officials stated.
Significantly, the NBCC is also designated as the implementing agency for executing projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), Solid Waste Management (SWM) and developmental work in North Eastern Region, officials stated.
Similarly, the South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) will open an office in Naya Raipur.
An office building for SECl would be constructed in the new capital at an estimated cost of Rs70 lakhs, officials informed. It may be recalled that an office complex for Central Government departments is also also being developed over 1.50 lakh sq meters of land at a cost of Rs72 crore in the new capital.
The office complex building will have six storeys and would comprise 30 offices.
Apart from the offices of departments of Income Tax, Central Excise and Customs, all the other departments of the Central government will be located in the complex.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh government will also construct as many as 26,908 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) at a cost of an estimated Rs1900 crore in the State,officials stated.
For construction of these houses, the Centre is going to allocate Rs190 crore.
Notably, Chhattisgarh is the first State to get project sanctioned under PMAY.
The Central Approval and Monitoring Committee for PMAY headed by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (GOI) has given green signal to the housing project proposed by Chhattisgarh.
The price of houses to be developed by Chhattisgarh Government for people belonging to Economic Weaker Section (EWS) and low Income Group (lIG) would be made available between Rs3 lakh and Rs4.50 lakh after subsidy.
Under this project, the Chhattisgarh Government will be developing 26,908 houses, of which 12,670 houses would be of EWS category, 13,364 houses of lIG category whereas 874 houses would be of High Income Group (HIG) and Medium Income Group (MIG).
These houses will be developed in Raipur’s Kamal Vihar, Naya Raipur and Nardaha (onn outskirt of Raipur ), Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon, Kanker, Sukma, Raigarh, Balod, Bilaspur and Bhilai.
Moreover, the Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) will be constructing as many as 40,000 houses in Naya Raipur under an affordable housing scheme.
Of the 40,000 houses to be constructed involving an expenditure of expenditure of Rs3500 crore, 20,000 houses will be constructed for economically weaker sections, 10000 houses for lIG-A and 10000 for lIG-B category.
CGHB is committed to ensure facilities to families falling under economically weaker sections and under this move, the Board will be constructing 40,000 houses under Mukhyamantri Awaas Yojana, stated Minister for Housing and Environment Rajesh Munat.
The Minister further informed that the State Government will give grant of Rs1 lakh for each houses falling under EWS category while Rs50000 grant for lIG houses. For this, the Chhattisgarh Government is going to provide total grant of Rs357 crore.
As per information received from CGHB officials, houses with carpet area of 27 square meters will be constructed for EWS category whereas 40 square meters has been fixed for lIG-A and 60 square meters for lIG-B.
Under this scheme, the Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) is going to provide land with of Rs1 square per square feet. The cost of houses will be Rs4 lakh from single EWS house (excluding grant), Rs7 lakh for lIG-A (excluding grant) and Rs10 lakh for lIG-B (excluding grant).
Incidentally, the CGHB had been utilising advanced and cost effective RCC Precast technology for constructing houses under Mukyamanti Awas Yojana (Chief Minister Housing Scheme).
The Precast technology is a globally recognised process through which concrete is cast into a mould and then transported to the construction site for use, officials stated.
The Chhattisgarh Government has also set a target of constructing nearly 42,000 houses under Indira Awas Yojana in the State, officials stated.
Moreover, the State Government provided approvals for construction of 1.34 lakh housing units for the economically weaker sections during the past three years.
As a result, out of Rs424 crore available fund for construction of the housing units, a sum of Rs309.19 crore had already been spent for construction of 88,654 housing units.