Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Housing projects worth Rs 68 crore for slum dwellers of Faridabad
Housing projects worth Rs 68 crore for slum dwellers
Bijendra Ahlawat
Tribune News Service
Faridabad, November 28
The ambitious project of city development plan for Faridabad, launched under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM), has finally been set rolling.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development today approved the first phase of the project to improve the basic services for the urban poor.
Under this development plan, two housing projects worth Rs 68.58 crore were sanctioned for slum dwellers.
The Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) will undertake these projects. A sum of Rs 247 crore has been proposed to relocate the dwellers in slum clusters in a phased manner.
Project reports of various schemes, incorporated in the city development plan and costing Rs 2,679 crore, have been prepared and submitted for approval. The development plan includes repair and relaying of roads, sewerage system, drainage, water supply and solid waste management.
A meeting of the MCF authorities and the Ministry of Urban Development was held at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi, this morning, in which the detailed project report (DPR) of basic services for the urban poor was accepted for Faridabad.
Under the scheme, the MCF would develop multi-storeyed residential units for slum dwellers at two spots in which a total of 2248 flats would be built.
According to Commissioner, MCF, who led the delegation at the meeting, more than 2,000 families residing in slum clusters would be relocated in the scheme in the first phase. The new residential colonies would be developed at Dabua Colony and Bapu Nagar on MCF plots.
He said while each two-room set unit would cost Rs 1.51 lakh, every colony would have the facility of a car park, a shopping centre and a primary school.
He said the detailed project report (DPR) of the third such colony was being prepared and it would cost about Rs 50 crore.
There are a total of 67 slum clusters out of which at least 29 would be relocated. This include relocation of 29,708 jhuggis in the city, he added.
It may be recalled that Faridabad is one of those leading cities in the country, where the growth of slum cluster has been relatively high.
The population of the city is over 15 lakh at present.
Bijendra Ahlawat
Tribune News Service
Faridabad, November 28
The ambitious project of city development plan for Faridabad, launched under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM), has finally been set rolling.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development today approved the first phase of the project to improve the basic services for the urban poor.
Under this development plan, two housing projects worth Rs 68.58 crore were sanctioned for slum dwellers.
The Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) will undertake these projects. A sum of Rs 247 crore has been proposed to relocate the dwellers in slum clusters in a phased manner.
Project reports of various schemes, incorporated in the city development plan and costing Rs 2,679 crore, have been prepared and submitted for approval. The development plan includes repair and relaying of roads, sewerage system, drainage, water supply and solid waste management.
A meeting of the MCF authorities and the Ministry of Urban Development was held at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi, this morning, in which the detailed project report (DPR) of basic services for the urban poor was accepted for Faridabad.
Under the scheme, the MCF would develop multi-storeyed residential units for slum dwellers at two spots in which a total of 2248 flats would be built.
According to Commissioner, MCF, who led the delegation at the meeting, more than 2,000 families residing in slum clusters would be relocated in the scheme in the first phase. The new residential colonies would be developed at Dabua Colony and Bapu Nagar on MCF plots.
He said while each two-room set unit would cost Rs 1.51 lakh, every colony would have the facility of a car park, a shopping centre and a primary school.
He said the detailed project report (DPR) of the third such colony was being prepared and it would cost about Rs 50 crore.
There are a total of 67 slum clusters out of which at least 29 would be relocated. This include relocation of 29,708 jhuggis in the city, he added.
It may be recalled that Faridabad is one of those leading cities in the country, where the growth of slum cluster has been relatively high.
The population of the city is over 15 lakh at present.
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