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KMC to construct 300 houses for slum dwellers

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The Statesman              18.01.2014

KMC to construct 300 houses for slum dwellers

Kolkata, 18 January - Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is to construct houses for the slum dwellers at Bagbazar with assistance from the Centre.

Around 300 houses will be built behind the residence of Sarada Devi located at 656, Rabindra Sarani. The civic authorities have decided to name the project after  Sarada Devi. The site falls under ward number 7.

The project will come up on 1.25 acres, under the Rajiv Awas Yojana and over 268 families would be accommodated in the cluster of houses. KMC also has a plan to set up a community hall, a health centre and a library at the site for the benefit of the slum dwellers.