Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat has asked officials to publicise details of colonies and houses of Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) using social media tools for achieving higher marketing reach for its properties.
In a review meeting of Housing and Environment Department here, Munat asked officials to prepare a scheme of Hire-Purchase for CGHB properties not yet sold, for the Government employees in various districts. He said that the people have more faith in purchasing properties developed by the governmentIt is noteworthy that Union Minister of Urban Development M Vainkaiya Naidu, on behalf of Central Government's undertaking- Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), conferred a national award on Naya Raipur Development Project in a function organized in New Delhi recently.
State Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat had received this award. The award ceremony was organized on the occasion of HUDCO's 45th Foundation Day.This apart, the CGHB will construct houses for government employees in 146 block and nine new district headquarters at a project cost of Rs 1,000 crore. The decision comes in wake of Chief Minister Raman Singh's directions to the Revenue Department to take prompt action for solving the problem of housing for the government employees in various district and block headquarters.
According to officials, Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey told that his Department has issued circular to all the district collectors in this regard.In the circular it has been stated that the land should be allotted to CGHB as per demand and equivalent to the cost of construction of houses. Earlier, the land was allotted by an Inter-departmental Committee.
However, according to the State government's decision, the allotment of land will now be done by a Committee of senior Secretaries, officials said. The circular states that the Government land will be selected for construction of residences for government officials and employees at the headquarters of nine new districts formed in 2012 including Balod, Bemetara, Gariaband, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Surajpur, Mungeli, Kondagaon, Sukma and Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara besides all 146 block headquarters of the State, officials said. The circular also states that the land identified will remain in the name of the Government and will be provided to CGHB only for construction of houses.