1,300 low cost housing to come under smart city mission
The dream of many to have a house in the state capital may soon come true as the state government approved a proposal for construction of 1,300 low-cost houses under the Smart City Mission. The empowered committee on infrastructure (ECI) led by chief secretary A P Padhi allowed the smart city authorities to float tender to attract private players to develop the project as the affordable housing scheme in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. "The low-cost houses would come up in Shantinagar," said state PPP cell head P K Jena. While around 7 lakh would be spent for construction of a single house, it would cost only Rs 1.5 lakh for a beneficiary to get the house. While the Centre would grant Rs 1 lakh for each housing unit, the remaining amount would be spent by the state government and private developer, said an officer, adding, the scheme would be the first housing scheme under the Smart City Mission. After completion of the project, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation would select beneficiaries from among the below poverty line (BPL) category under the project.
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