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.
