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Private sector to be involved in Delhi’s development, says Jaipal

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 07:51 administrator
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Source : The Hindu Date : 30.06.2009

Private sector to be involved in Delhi’s development, says Jaipal

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy on Monday said the Master Plan for Delhi-2021 envisages involvement of the private sector in development of land and provision of infrastructure services as an improvement over the current scheme of large-scale development and acquisition of land entrusted to the Delhi Development Authority.

Addressing a press conference, Mr. Reddy said focused efforts would be made to finalise the policy.

“Every effort will be made to finalise the zonal development plans of Delhi. The Real Estate Management (Regulation & Control) Bill for Delhi will be taken up for a decision. Sixty five thousand houses will be constructed by the DDA in the next four years. To meet the acute shortage of houses for the urban poor, economically weaker sections and lower income groups, construction of about 40,000 houses will be taken up. Tender documents for construction of such houses have already been made ready with fast mode of construction adopting pre-fabricated technology. Here, about 10,000 houses are phased to be completed every year from 2010 onwards.”

About 10,000 houses for middle-income group will be taken up on the same technology of pre-fabricated construction in four years time, said the Minister, adding that 15,000 houses will be completed in various phases. “These houses will be constructed on conventional technology and will be available from 2009 to 2011.”

Informing that the DDA will take up in-situ development towards rehabilitation of slum-dwellers and jhuggi-jhonpri clusters in the next five years for 23 clusters, Mr. Reddy said about 47,500 dwelling units of about 25 square metres each would be constructed.

“These will be taken up on a public-private partnership model in which the land presently occupied by the slum-dwellers will be made available to developers, who will construct EWS houses in accordance with the numbers identified by DDA. The houses will be constructed on part of the area, while in the remaining area the developer will be allowed to carry out commercial exploitation of the land”.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 07:54
 

Mysoreans may soon get their dream house

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 05:49 administrator
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Source : The Hindu Date : 29.06.2009

Mysoreans may soon get their dream house

 

Shankar Bennur

 

 

 

MUDA is thinking of re-introducing Own Your House Scheme

 

 

 

‘Houses in categories suiting different income groups has been proposed’

Proposal may be brought up at the next board meeting

 

 

MYSORE: Owning a house in the “city of palaces” may not take too long if the plans of the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) are executed.

Investment option

 

 

Following reports that about 40 per cent of site holders in its layouts are “outsiders” who may not construct houses but keep their sites as an investment option, the MUDA is contemplating re-introducing Own Your House Scheme which was discontinued due to technical reasons.

The MUDA had plans to re-introduce the scheme in 2005, but it pulled out from the initiative.

With pressure mounting on it from genuine local site aspirants who want to construct houses here, the officials are contemplating re-launching the scheme at least by the end of the year, after the process of site distribution at the newly developed Ravindranath Tagore Nagar is completed.

Sources in the MUDA told The Hindu that many people had bought its sites as a safe investment option, considering the number of vacant sites in layouts that had been developed 10 or 15 years ago.

“Some people keep sites as an option for liquidation. This is affecting development (construction of houses) in the layouts,” they added.

The MUDA’s project of building apartments in the past did not receive the desired response. The quality of construction did not satisfy the prospective buyers. Therefore, it discontinued the scheme after a couple of projects, including the one in Sharadadevi Nagar.

A senior MUDA official said that houses in categories suiting different income groups such as lower-income groups, middle-income groups and high-income groups had been proposed. “The houses can be affordable and at the same time fulfil people’s desire to own a house,” he said. The proposal may be brought up at the next board meeting. “On getting the green signal, the layouts where the housing project can be taken up will be identified and other modalities will be completed afterwards,” he added.

There were plans in the past to re-introduce the scheme in areas such as Vijayanagar 4th Stage, Hebbal Layout and Sathagalli-Devanuru Layout.

 

Applications invited for Indiramma houses

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 08:04 administrator
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Sorurce : The Hindu Date : 17.06.2009

Applications invited for Indiramma houses

Special Correspondent

KADAPA: Applications have been called for allotment of 1,992 housing units in Indiramma Satellite Township near Kadapa aerodrome in Vallur mandal. The cost of per unit is Rs. 1.31 lakhs and the last date for submitting the applications is June 30, said Kadapa Municipal Commissioner S. Aleem Basha.

Interested persons having white or pink ration cards can apply for the 450 sq. ft. units with an application fee of Rs.100 and they should pay Rs.1,000 per month after allotment till clearance of Rs.1 lakh, he added. Two housing units were merged into one to avoid overcrowding, he said. The Commissioner assured that houses would be handed over to beneficiaries by August 15. Amenities would be provided with an expenditure of Rs.13 crores, Mr. Basha said. Interested can contact the Corporation’s Assistant Engineer D. Narayana on mobile No. 97014 52032, he said.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 09:15
 
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