Chhattisgarh would spend more than 129 crore rupees to make four of its cities Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhilai and Korba slum free. It was decided in a high level meeting chaired by chief minister Raman Singh here on Monday.
The government has also decided to build a total of about 3000 houses in those cities to provide accommodation to the slum dwellers.
It was the first meeting of the state level committee formed under the chairmanship of chief minister Raman Singh for the implementation of Rajeev Gandhi housing scheme (Rajiv Awas Yojana) in the state.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said his government would create all basic facilities for the slum-dwellers.
The central government which identified rapid urbanization as the main reason behind growing slums in India has launched the scheme to make different cities slum free. Four cities of Chhattisgarh are among the cities selected for the pilot project.
The others who attended the meeting include urban development minister Amar Agarwal, minister of public works department Brijmohan Agrawal and member of lok Sabha Ramesh Bais.