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DDA plans old-age home with Navy

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The Times of India    Delhi         08.09.2016  

DDA plans old-age home with Navy

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is joining hands with the Indian Navy to develop an old-age home where retired government employees will be offered studio apartments on rent. The Rs 462-crore project, housing 1,550 studio apartments, will come up in Sector 16, Dwarka.

Officials said this novel model--DDA will build the complex while the Navy will manage it--would allow elderly people to live with dignity in a homogenous societal group. "Once completed, this will set a new trend. Retired government officials can rent an apartment for a lifetime by paying Rs 10 lakh and a monthly maintenance. The complex will have all the facilities. There are several government agencies which can explore this option," said Arun Goel, vice-chairman of DDA.

Each apartment, measuring 550 sq ft, will be allotted on the payment of Rs 2.2 lakh, of which Rs 20,000 will be a non-refundable registration fee. The rest will be collected once the flats are ready. "Each allottee will have to pay an additional Rs 10,000 every month--Rs 3,000 as maintenance charges and Rs 7,000 to DDA to partially meet the cost of construction," said an official.

The project was conceived when the Navy requested DDA to allot land for an old age home. "If the land was al lotted at approved rates, its cost itself would have made the project unviable. It was then decided to develop a complex for retired government officials in a joint venture," said a DDA official.The land will now cost Rs 180 crore while DDA will spend Rs 282 crore on the construction. Of the 1,550 apartments, 200 will be given to the Navy and the remaining will be distributed among retired central and state government employees, other armed forces, teaching faculty of government colleges and universities, and DDA employees of certain pay scales. The units will be allotted with lifelong tenancy rights.If the allottee dies, the spouse can use the unit during hisher lifetime. "However, the allottee will not be allowed to transfer or sell the unit and the ownership will always remain with DDA that will reallot the unit according to the waiting list," said an official.

The complex will have Metro connectivity and will be completely self-sufficient with retail, recreational and healthcare facilities. It will also have elderly friendly architectural features such as anti-skid floor, hand rails and ramps.
 

‘Construct houses for slum-dwellers’

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The Hindu         25.07.2016 

‘Construct houses for slum-dwellers’

K. Rajanna, president of the district unit of Slum Janandholan Karnataka, has demanded that the authorities take steps to construct houses for slum-dwellers by demolishing their huts.

Speaking to presspersons here on Sunday, he said that a majority of slum areas in Chitradurga were located on government land and only three slums were on private land. “Instead of planning to construct G-1 and G-2 houses for slum dwellers, the authorities should take steps to construct independent houses in places where they were staying now. The authorities should also provide facilities to these houses including safe drinking water, electricity and drainage and also grant them property rights.

The Deputy Commissioner should look after the survey of slum areas in the district and the district administration should take steps to provide government land for construction of houses to slum areas that are on private land, he added.

Authorities told to demolish huts and build independent houses there

 

Houses for urban poor: Corpn. Council clears beneficiary list

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The Hindu      12.07.2016  

Houses for urban poor: Corpn. Council clears beneficiary list

 Nearly 500 economically backward people in the city are likely to have a roof above their head before March next.

The Corporation Council on Monday cleared the beneficiary list of 3,166 persons, who have submitted their applications with supporting documents. Houses will be built for the urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) launched by the Central government.

The housing scheme is being projected as the biggest one being implemented in the city since the Basic Services to the Urban Poor scheme launched under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Of the applicants, 73 per cent have their own land where homes would be constructed, 11 per cent live as joint families and 16 per cent live in rented houses.

Under the PMAY scheme, the target is to meet the “housing requirement of urban poor including slum dwellers.”

The rehabilitation of “slum dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource, promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit-linked subsidy schemes, affordable housing in partnership with public and private sector agencies” are some of the objectives of the project.

The Ministry has envisioned “all-weather single unit or a unit in a multi-storeyed super structure having carpet area of up to 30 square metre with adequate basic civic services and infrastructure services like toilet, water and electricity” for the target group.

While the Central government will spend Rs.47.49 crore, the State government, urban local body (Kochi Corporation) and the beneficiaries together will raise Rs.15.83 crore each for the housing scheme.

Complaints

Several councillors demanded that the anomalies in the first list of beneficiaries should be rectified before sending it to the authorities for approval. The list will have to be submitted to the Centre through the State government. K.J. Antony, the leader of the LDF in the council, demanded that the eligible candidates from the socially marginalised sections should find place in the list.

Replying to the debate, Mayor Soumini Jain said the first list, which was drawn up after a series of deliberations and consultations, shall be forwarded to the authorities. The case of other eligible beneficiaries shall be taken up during the next phase of implementation of the project, she said.

Houses will be built for the urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana launched by the Central government

 


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