The Hindu 28.02.2011
Yeddyurappa: affordable housing for slum-dwellers in two years
State to ensure new slums do not come up in Bangalore
improving living conditions: A view of the slum where a complex of 180 dwelling units will come up in Bangalore. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Sunday said that the Government would provide affordable housing for all slum-dwellers in the city and other parts of the State in the next two years and take steps to prevent new slums from coming up in the city.
Mr. Yeddyurappa, who laid the foundation stone for a 180-dwelling-unit complex at Timber Yard Layout, near satellite bus-stand on Mysore Road here, said the housing complex would be constructed by utilising funds under the Centre's Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
He said steps would be taken to provide basic amenities for slum dwellers without charging any amount. Houses for slum dwellers would be constructed without shifting them from the existing place, he said.
Instructing city MPs MLAs and corporators to hold meetings to chalk-out a programme for preventing new slums from coming up in Bangalore, he said leaders should donate houses and sites for the needy people during their birthdays.
On the occasion, Mr Yeddyurappa announced that he would release Rs.1 crore for renovation of Gali Anjaneya temple.
Minister for Home and Transport R Ashok said the Government was planning to issue title deeds to all those slum-dwellers who were residing on private lands for the last 30 years.
The government would purchase lands from private parties and issue title seeds to slum dwellers.
The estimated cost to the state exchequer is Rs. 900 crore in Bangalore alone. Already title deeds had been given to 20,000 slum dwellers in the city, he said.
Minister for Housing V. Somanna said 50,000 houses were under construction under various housing schemes of the Union and State Governments. Work on 18,000 houses was nearing completion, he said.
Ministers Shoba Karandlaje, M.P. Renukacharya, MLA M. Krishnappa, Mayor S.K. Nataraj and officials of the Housing Department were present.
