PM Modi to inaugurate 3024 houses for the poor in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 02: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 3024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the ‘In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation’ Project, today at 4:30 PM.

 

 

 

He will hand over the keys to eligible beneficiaries at Bhoomiheen Camp in a program at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi.

 

 

 

“In line with the vision of the Prime Minister to provide housing for all, in-situ slum rehabilitation in 376 Jhuggi Jhopri clusters is being undertaken by Delhi Development Authority (DDA)", a press release by PMO said. “The objective of the rehabilitation project is to provide a better and healthy living environment to the residents of Jhuggi Jhopri clusters, with proper amenities and facilities," the release said further. DDA has undertaken three such projects at Kalkaji Extension, Jailorwala Bagh, and Kathputli Colony. Under the Kalkaji Extension Project, in-situ Slum Rehabilitation of three slum clusters namely Bhoomiheen Camp, Navjeevan camp, and Jawahar camp located at Kalkaji is being taken up in a phased manner. Under Phase I, 3024 EWS flats at the nearby vacant commercial center site have been constructed. The Jhuggi Jhopri site at Bhoomiheen Camp will be vacated by rehabilitating eligible households of Bhoomiheen camp to the newly constructed EWS flats. Post vacation of Bhoomiheen Camp site, in Phase II, this vacated site will be utilized to rehabilitate Navjeevan Camp and Jawahar Camp. "I'll get to move out of this congestion. I was born here&now I've grown-up children. They'll live in a big flat," said a beneficiary talking to the news agency ANI. Another beneficiary Gopal Mandal thanked PM Modi and said “I lived here for 40 yrs. It's a joyous day, we've been told that we'll get the keys (to flats) today".

 

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Phase I of the Project has been completed and 3024 flats are ready to move in. These flats have been constructed at the cost of about Rs. 345 crores. They are equipped with all civic amenities, including finishing with vitrified floor tiles, ceramics tiles, Udaipur green marble counter in the kitchen, etc. Public amenities like Community parks, Electric Substations, a Sewage Treatment plant, dual water pipelines, lifts, an Underground reservoir for hygienic water supply, etc have also been provided.