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Karnataka to provide two lakh houses to poor by April next

Last Updated 09 June 2010, 09:42 IST

Naidu, who held a meeting with officials of the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation and Housing Department, has fixed a deadline of August one to commence work on these projects.

The minister said of the 4.5 lakh houses planned to be built by the BJP Government to free the state from hutments in the next three years, about 1.5 lakh houses would be completed in the first phase by April next in rural areas.

A total of 50,000 houses would be also constructed in urban areas under 'Vajpayee Housing Scheme' and two lakh sites distributed, Naidu told reporters. Around 1,500 villages have no hutment dwellers, according to a recent survey.

"However, to reconfirm this, the government has entrusted survey to a private agency, which is on the job." The government was considering three types of houses -- Bhagya, Sampada and Yashas -- in cities for the benefit of the homeless and the project would be taken up on the basis of demand.

The cost of each unit would be in the range of Rs 3.65 lakh to Rs 4.90 lakh, Naidu said. The Bhagya housing scheme will have a house on a 325 sq ft built up area with one bedroom, Sampada on 375 sq ft with a bedroom and a study room and Yashas on a 450 sq ft area with two bedrooms.

The construction of one lakh houses has been proposed under this scheme, the minister said.

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(Published 09 June 2010, 09:42 IST)

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