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Housing projects quota for minorities

Housing projects quota for minorities

Author: TNN
Publication: The Times of India
Date: March 27, 2008
URL: Housing projects quota for minorities

If the Sachar Committee recommendations are the Opposition's trump card against the ruling CPM's apathy towards minorities in the coming polls, the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government isn't giving them a walkover.

Fifty per cent of all upcoming KMDA housing projects for the lower income group and economically weaker sections will be reserved for minorities, state urban development minister Asok Bhattacharya said on Wednesday.

This is apart from the CM's promise of a separate condominium for the minorities at Rajarhat. And if things go according to plan, as many as 407 poor families from this community will get a roof over their heads in 2008-09.

"We have already allotted Rs 8 crore in the KMDA budget exclusively for the uplift of minorities and arrange for their housing. The government will increase the allocation if necessary," the minister said, harping on minority welfare as one of the government's priorities.

The KMDA has set a target of setting up 540 flats for the lower income group and 275 dwelling units for the economically weaker sections this year. The government also has plans to upgrade city bustees on a public-private partnership basis.

The West Bengal Housing Board and the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation are likely to come up with similar reservations for minorities.

HIDCO may also reserve a portion of the upcoming 12,000 dwelling units measuring 400 square feet each in a phased manner over a period of three years. And, this is not all. All government departments have been asked to allocate a part of their budgetary allocation for minorities.


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