Development authority to undertake housing project for urban poor

“The area for the lower income group would be 50 square meters,70 square meters for the middle income group and 100 square meters for the higher income group and we are trying to put the cost at Rs 2,000 per square feet,” said Band.

The township was supposed to generate 5,040 homes under Basic Services to Urban Poor and 2,750 homes for the Middle income group and high income group.

The Development Authority has decided to carry out the project so that it can benefit the urban poor,said Band.

Band said the project was cancelled because PCNTDA could not take the allotted money from the Central government. The project did not go ahead because of litigation and complaints filed by the local MP and some politicians regarding the tendering process and the manner in which the allotment was done,he said.

He said as there were complaints,no work order was issued to DB Realty’s JV. The project could not be completed in the stipulated time of two years and so the Centre cancelled the project. The Central government had given grants of Rs 150 crore under JNNURM for the project that was to come up in Sector 12 under the category of BSUP.