Saturday, August 13, 2011

5.38 crore housing project for slum dwellers in Berhampur

Berhampur: Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) laid foundation stone to the 5.38 crore Integrated Housing Project for slum dwellers of the city on Wednesday here.

Two years before, Central Government had sanctioned the Integrated Housing for Slum Development Project, but due to some problems in land demarcation construction work was delayed.

There are 250 houses will be built in the first phase, for which 5 crore 38 lakh 71 thousand rupees is estimated. For this project center will bear 80 percent of the expenditure, whereas 10 percent from the state and the rest by the beneficiaries.

In the first phase, 2 crore 24 lakh 83 thousand rupees is sanctioned for 98 houses in Bauri Sukunda, 1 crore 43 lakh 85 thousand rupees for 65 houses in Gola Raghunathpur, 88.91 lakh for 46 houses in Mochi street and 81.04 lakh for 41 houses in Bijipur Badabauri street as well.

All the facilities will be available in the slum colonies, which are going to be constructed soon. The tender process has finished.Necessary steps have been taken to speed up the construction work within the stipulated time.

On the occasion of lay foundation stone, Berhampur MLA Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik, Mayor Sib Shankar Das, Deputy mayor Sanjukta Samal, BMC Commissioner Bheem Manseth along with other officials, engineers and elected representatives of BMC were present.

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