The State Government will soon take up re-development of Tikrapara and Amapara slums under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in the city, officials informed.
The State Urban Development Authority (SUDA) is in the process of taking up a massive Slum Redevelopment project in eight clusters of Chhattisgarh using land as resource on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis, officials informed.
The project is being taken up under Centre’s Affordable Housing for Beneficiaries of Untenable Slum and Non-Slum Area for each cluster separately which covers 36 Urban local Bodies (UlBs) under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana –Housing For All Mission.
The clusters are in --Raipur, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur,Raigarh, Ambikapur, Dhamtari, Jagdalpur.
The Chhattisgarh Government will also take up re-development of Danganyia slums in Raipur on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY), officials informed.
Nearly six lakh poor families in rural areas of Chhattisgarh will be provided housing facility under PMAY during the next three years.
These houses will be constructed at the total estimated cost of `7,219 crore.
A total of 36 cities of Chhattisgarh have been selected for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) ‘Housing for All’ (HFA) Mission 2022, officials informed.
The cities have been divided in to 8 clusters.
As per the directions of Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, cities will be covered with their planning area for preparation of Housing for All Plan of Action (HFAPoA). The HFAPoA will include Annual Implementation Plan (AIP).
Notably, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) has launched “Housing for All” Mission through PMAY for Urban Area to be implemented during 2015-22 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The credit linked subsidy under the Mission, will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme.
The Central Government has also approved construction of a total of 7357 houses under ‘Affordable Housing in Partnership’ scheme with Chhattisgarh government in the State during the current financial year, officials informed.
The total investment to be made in the project is `372 crores out of which Centre’s contribution would be `110 crore.
Nationally, the Central Government has approved an additional investment of `16,641 crore for affordable housing for construction of 2,44,267 houses for urban poor under PMAY (Urban) during the first four months of the current financial year.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation approved these proposals for the benefit of urban poor in 11 States.
Central assistance of `3,634 crore has been approved for construction of these houses under three components of the urban housing mission viz,, Affordable Housing In Partnership (1,24,642 houses), Beneficiary led Construction (1,15,989) and In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (3,636 houses).
With these approvals, a total investment of `51,568 crore has so far been approved for construction of 9,27,991 houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas in 20 States under PMAY (Urban) which was launched in June last year.
Central assistance of `12,604 crore will be provided for construction of these houses.
During the last financial year (2015-16), 6,83,724 houses were approved for the urban poor in 18 States with a total investment of `34,927 crores.
Chhattisgarh Government has indicated a demand of 2.5 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Urban) in its Roadmap, the Central Government has informed.
The Government has approved central assistance in respect of 34,166 houses as submitted by the State Government till July, 2017.
In addition, under the Credit linked Subsidy Scheme (ClSS) component of PMAY (U), interest subsidy has been released for 1013 beneficiaries.
A total of 1,969 housing units have been constructed in the State with the central assistance under the scheme till July, 2017.
A total of `515.09 crore has been sanctioned as central assistance for the State till July, 2017. Out of this, `250.87 crore has been released.
Notably, the Central government has also approved construction of a total of 7357 houses under ‘Affordable Housing in Partnership’ scheme with Chhattisgarh government in the State during the last financial year, officials informed.
The total investment to be made in the project is `372 crores out of which Centre’s contribution would be `110 crore.
Nationally, the Central Government has approved an additional investment of `16,641 crore for affordable housing for construction of 2,44,267 houses for urban poor under PMAY (Urban) during the first four months of the current financial year.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation approved these proposals for the benefit of urban poor in 11 States.
Central assistance of `3,634 crore has been approved for construction of these houses under three components of the urban housing mission viz,, Affordable Housing In Partnership (1,24,642 houses), Beneficiary led Construction (1,15,989) and In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (3,636 houses).
With these approvals, a total investment of `51,568 crore has so far been approved for construction of 9,27,991 houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas in 20 States under PMAY (Urban) which was launched in June last year.
Central assistance of Rs.12,604 crore will be provided for construction of these houses.
During the last financial year (2015-16), 6,83,724 houses were approved for the urban poor in 18 States with a total investment of `34,927 crores.
The State Revenue Department in January this year had announced that it will allot land at the rate of Rs one per square feet to the Urban Administration and Development Department to construct low-cost residential quarters for economically weaker sections and poorer sections of the society in urban pockets of the State. The project is to come up under ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Housing for All’ scheme, officials informed.
The Government land will be made available to the urban bodies.
Notably, nearly six lakh poor families in rural areas of Chhattisgarh will be provided housing facility under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) during the next three years.
These houses will be constructed at the total estimated cost of `7219 crore.