BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a letter to the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja urged to include another four cities Baleswar, Jeypore, Jharsuguda and Jajpur under Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY).
Patanik said the State Government
is fully committed to making the State slum-free and has formulated a
comprehensive policy for the purpose. He further added in his letter that six
cities of the State Bhubaneswar, Cuttack,
Brahmapur, Rourkela, Sambalpur and Puri are at present
covered under the RAY.
So far two pilot projects at
Rangamatia and Mahisakhal slums in the capital city have been sanctioned and a
few more are in the process of submission, said Patnaik. “Owing to the rapid
economic growth and urbanisation of the State, it is essential to expand the
coverage under RAY by inclusion of new cities,” he mentioned in his letter.
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