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Vadodara Municipal Corporation to conduct draw for allocating houses for the urban poor

Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:42 administrator
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The Times of India              30.01.2014

Vadodara Municipal Corporation to conduct draw for allocating houses for the urban poor

VADODARA: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will on Thursday conduct a draw to allot houses to beneficiaries of the houses constructed for the urban poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM).

The VMC will hold an event to conduct the draw for deciding the beneficiaries of 106 houses that have come up in the Tarsali area of the city. The houses have come up under the second phase of the housing scheme under JnNURM.

A VMC release stated that the allotment of 587 houses constructed under the second phase had remained pending and the beneficiaries identified on Thursday after the draw would be accommodated in these houses. Most of the beneficiaries being considered for the draw on Thursday are residents of Ambikanagar in Tarsali.

The VMC has planned to construct 21,696 houses for urban poor under JnNURM's Basic Services for the Urban Poor programme. Of these, 10,469 houses have been allotted to beneficiaries so far. The draw on Thursday will be conducted by mayor Bharat Shah in presence of other senior VMC functionaries.

 

10 lakh houses to be constructed with CREDAI’s support

Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:39 administrator
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The Pioneer               30.01.2014

10 lakh houses to be constructed with CREDAI’s support

Urban Administration and Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that effective action have been started to provide high-quality affordable houses to 10 lakh families in Madhya Pradesh. For this, cooperation of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) will be sought.

Vijayvargiya was addressing a convention of CREDAI at Indore on Wednesday. He said that interests of plot holders and house owners will be fully protected. If needed, process to allot houses will be simplified and policy and rules will be amended. On suggestions put forth by CREDAI, Vijayvargiya said that good suggestions will be implemented at the earliest. He said that 10 lakh affordable houses will be constructed for people in the State.

For this, he also sought suggestions from CREDAI. He asked the institution to chalk out a blueprint for this. Earnest efforts will be made in this direction, he added. He said that due to some elements, all builders and colonizers are being seen as land mafia. It is unfair to blame all due to such handful people. He asked members of CREDAI to help in urban development of the State.

Indore Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe also spoke on the occasion. CREDAI’s National President Lalit Kumar Jain said that prices of houses and plots can be reduced if procedures and rules are simplified. He said that better use of land and resources available in cities should be ensured. He suggested for a single window for all permissions and licences to builders and colonizers.

Indore Development Authority Chairman Shankar Lalwani, Vice-Chairman Hari Narayan Yadav, Principal Secretary Urban Administration SN Mishra, Commissioner Urban Administration Sanjay Shukla and Commissioner Housing & Environment Gulshan Bamra were also present on the occasion. Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya also reviewed preparations for 3-day Davis Cup Tennis Competition to be held at Indore from January 31. It will be held at Tennis Club court till February 2. Vijayvargiya directed that players and spectators do not have to face at any difficulty.

 

BMC Commissioner reviews deadline cases

Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:37 administrator
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The Pioneer               30.01.2014

BMC Commissioner reviews deadline cases

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Vishesh Garhpale reviewed the deadline cases on Wednesday and instructed the officials to resolve them within the given time limit.

 While reviewing the deadline cases, he was informed about the complaints submitted through CM Helpline and Tally Solution Centre. While instructing the officials concerned, Garhpale asked them to resolve the complaints immediately that are registered during the public hearing as well.  He issued a show cause notice to two assistant engineers for remaining absent during the meeting on Wednesday. Further, during the meeting, BMC Additional Commissioner, Pramod Shukla and other BMC officials were present.

 He was also informed about the various complaints that were registered during the public hearing at different wards of the Corporation. While reviewing the ongoing development works he instructed the officials to finish the work of sewer channelization immediately, resolve the pending cases, to resolve the leakage problem of water supply pipelines, to begin the construction work of classrooms at different governmental schools under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan and to look into various deadline cases and resolve them immediately.

 He further asked the officials to issue a show cause notice to assistant engineer of ward 03 Akhilesh Jain and assistant engineer of ward 01 Nasir Ali for showing irresponsible behaviour and not remaining present in the meeting. He further instructed the officials to remove the encroachments from various areas of the city. Under this action, he asked the officials to remove the illegal construction from the governmental land of Ashoka Garden, Kotra, Kamla Park and nearby areas. He also asked the officials to remove encroachments from various public places, footpaths and roadsides.

 
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