Haryana board told to construct houses for poor

  • 17/04/2008

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday directed Housing Board officials to undertake construction of 50,000 dwelling units in the State within the next three years so that poor people living in urban areas could have their own house. Laying the foundation stone of a group housing scheme at Panchkula, he disclosed that the Haryana Housing Board had reduced the prices of houses up to 15 to 20 per cent for the poorer sections. Mr. Hooda disclosed that the Haryana Urban Development Authority had agreed to provide 65 acres of land to the Haryana Housing Board at Bahadurgarh, Jind, Hisar, Kaithal and Sirsa for construction of houses for the poor. The Housing Board had constructed 62,537 houses so far, he added. Later, the Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone of an air- conditioned "Agro Mall' which would be constructed by the State Agriculture Marketing Board in Sector 20.