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Games 2010:Slum dwellers biggest beneficieries
The "beautify Delhi" campaign spotted four slum clusters in prime locations of the city, reports Amitabh Shukla.
In the run-up to the Commonwealth Games and the Delhi government's endeavour to beautify the city, the slum dwellers seem to be the greatest beneficiary. The Cooperatives Department on Thursday registered four separate group housing societies for the slum dwellers. They would be provided accommodation in multi storied housing societies.
The "beautify Delhi" campaign spotted four slum clusters in prime locations of the city. Two of these are located in Chanakya Puri, where the cost of real estate is one of the highest in the country. The other two are located at Kirti Nagar in west Delhi and behind the Fleet Street at ITO.
Cooperatives Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said there would be 150-200 members in each of these societies and the cost of each one-room flat would come to around Rs 1.55 lakhs. "As the DSIIDC has shown its competence in constructing low cost houses for the workers, the work would be entrusted to it," Chauhan said. The Minister said 41 slum clusters for relocation have already been identified and they would be registered by the Cooperatives department soon.
A six-member sub committee has also been constituted to locate the slum dwellers for rehabilitation in other such cooperative group housing societies to be registered in due course.
Of the Rs 1.55 lakh, Rs 55,000 would be provided by the government (both central and state), Rs 10,000 by the beneficiary and 75,000 by HUDCO through soft loan of 20-year duration. The Delhi government is trying to convince the centre for the payment of the remaining amount.
To make Delhi slum free, the Urban Development Department has already written to the Centre for permission to construct 26,000 flats in one year and around 1.5 lakh flats in the next five years. The government plans to carry out its construction on gram sabha land in the outskirts of the city through the DSIIDC.
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