Business Standard  08.09.2010

Kumar Urban Development Limited (KUL), today said it has taken up a project to design two bedroom-hall-kitchen (2BHK) flats for slum dwellers. The move comes after a survey was conducted to understand the requirements of those who reside in shanties.

KUL will build total 5,045 flats in 48 buildings at its eco-friendly site — 45 Nirvana Hills. The flats will be given free-of-cost to the slum-dwellers of Survey number 44- Erandawane-Kelewadi Slum Rehabilitation Project, as per the SRA scheme launched by the Government of Maharashtra.

“We have come out with this unique solution after conducting a socio-economic survey and understanding issues faced by slum dwellers residing in this area. We had committed, while taking up the project that we would work towards setting up a benchmark in the country’s slum rehabilitation movement. We have all worked constantly with the poor slum-dwellers taking their feedback and looking into their requirements,” Lalit Kumar Jain, chairman and managing director, KUL said in a press release.