Indian Express 02.12.2010
CHB bags best city award under JNNURM
Express News Service Tags : Chandigarh Housing Board, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Posted: Thu Dec 02 2010, 02:12 hrs
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) got another feather in its cap by bagging the “Best City” award from the Government of India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Chandigarh has been awarded for being the best city in the implementation of the planned habitat for urban poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).In this regard, Chandigarh Housing Board Chairman shall be receiving the award on December 3, in New Delhi, at a conference-cum-function organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Various stakeholders of JNNURM including state government officials would be participating in the event. Union Finance Minister shall be the chief guest on the occasion. A letter, informing the Chandigarh Housing Board, about it bagging the award, was sent to the CHB by the Government of India, yesterday.
CHB is constructing around 25,728 houses under the JNNURM scheme and is also the nodal agency for the implementation of slum-rehabilitation project. The construction is presently on in around 12,000 flats. The scheme of Chandigarh Small Houses Scheme, 2006 was conceptualised by the Chandigarh Housing Board, under which people, who didn’t have accommodations to live and were encroaching upon government land were rehabilitated on license-fee basis. The scheme had a unique feature, whereby which if an allottee shows good behaviour for 20 years, he becomes the owner of the said accommodation. Government of India had also sanctioned around Rs. 396 crores for the implementation of this project.When asked, CHB Chairman, Mohanjeet Singh, said, “It is amongst the series of awards, bagged by Chandigarh Housing Board. Last year also, CHB bagged the Prime Minister’s trophy and Rs. 3 lakhs award for implementation of slum-rehabilitation in Chandigarh. This year also, our efforts are recognised and we have bagged the award.”
