Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma has directed officials to appoint consultants for maintaining quality of the houses being constructed under Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme and their completion in time.
The Chief Secretary, while holding a review meeting of the Urban Development and Housing Department at Project Building, also asked them to put a proposal of the purchase of land for Smart City soon in the Cabinet.
The CS further added to link Skill Development Programme with Vendor and National Urban livelihood Mission so that loan for self employment could be granted to the needy people. “A mapping in all the municipal bodies must be done to find out the total number of street vendors and also to ensure identification of a piece of land the establishment of vending zones. Notably, a survey was being done by two agencies in all the 24 districts of the State.
The CS, during the meeting, also said that a total of 16,416 residential units have been approved by the central government under Prime Minister’s Employment Scheme. First installment of the amount has already been paid for the purpose, she said.
Speaking during the meeting, Principal Secretary of the department Arun Kumar Singh said that the process of signing an agreement with the beneficiaries is under process and a database in MIS is also being uploaded. He also said that a total of 441 acres of land in HEC has been identified for smart city for which the government will pay a sum of Rs 485 crore to HEC.
The CS also directed the officials to complete action immediately with regard to the administrative approval being given for Solid Waste Management in Ranchi and also ensure action with regard to the construction of Ravindra Bhawan, Flyover and strengthening other municipal units.
Verma further directed the officials to make a list of all the schemes that has been tagged with World Bank and also to enlist the schemes whose DPR is ready so that the financial Performa for other schemes could be made. The CS also pointed out that speedy work is needed for Namami-Gange Project.
She also directed to make DPR for the restoration of river Swarnarekha in the State. The CS was informed by the officials that a DPR for urban water supply scheme is getting ready and financial approval is expected for forthcoming schemes worth Rs 630 Crore.