The Hindu 05.04.2013
CM unveils housing projects for Chennai
The projects will be implemented by TNHB, TNSCB.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday unveiled housing projects, estimated to cost around Rs. 1,200 crore, for Chennai.
To
be implemented by Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) and Tamil Nadu Slum
Clearance Board (TNSCB), the projects would include construction of
10-storeyed apartments, numbering 1,500 dwelling units, in
Sholinganallur at a cost of Rs. 612 crore and Rs. 371.05-crore project
of 844 multi-storeyed tenements over 13.8 acres of seven sites in and
around the city, and 2,550 such tenements in six city Assembly
constituencies. The first two projects would be executed by the TNHB and
the last by the TNSCB.
[Approximately, Rs. 220 crore would have to be set apart for houses to be built in Chennai, says a TNSCB official].
Making
a suo motu statement in the Assembly, the Chief Minister said the 1,500
flats, which would come up on lands belonging to the TNHB, would be
built, using pre-fabricated technology that would ensure reduction in
cost and construction period. Multi-storeyed buildings of 24 floors
could be completed in 24 months.
To be carried out
under the self-financing scheme of the Housing Board, this project would
have flats for persons of all categories of economic status. As
regards the other project of the TNHB, it would be taken up in nine
districts including Chennai. The other districts were Kancheepuram,
Coimbatore, Erode, Krishnagiri, Salem, Virudhunagar, Dindigul and
Tiruchi.
A total of 1,630 individual houses and 2,792
multi-storeyed tenements would be constructed at a cost of Rs. 918.45
crore. Besides, 32 plots would be developed. Work on the construction,
which would begin this year, would be completed in 24 months.
Pointing
out that the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board had built 1.29 lakh
tenements and houses, the Chief Minister said many of the houses were
structurally weak due to variety of factors. Though the average life of
the buildings was 70 years, they had become unfit for occupation. This
was why the government decided to demolish such buildings and go for new
buildings. Initially, 3,500 multi-storeyed tenements would be pulled
down, giving way to an equal number of new dwelling units to be built at
a cost of Rs. 280 crore this year. In the case of the TNSCB’s project
in Chennai, 480 houses would come up under Ranganathan scheme and 120
houses under Parthasarathy Nagar scheme of Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
Assembly constituency; 392 houses under Sathyavani Muthu Nagar scheme of
Perambur; 288 houses under Nehru Park scheme and 32 units under
Pillaiyar Koil Street scheme of Egmore; 304 units under Lock Nagar
(Navalar Nagar) scheme and 708 houses under Ayodhya Kuppam scheme of
Chepauk; 136 houses under Kotturpuram scheme of Saidapet and 42 houses
under Andimanya Thottam scheme and 48 units under Pallakkumanyam scheme
of Mylapore constituency.