Khattar govt’s nod to slum-in-situ rehabilitation policy
UNDER THE SCHEME, HOUSING FACILITY WILL BE PROVIDED TO SLUM DWELLERS WITHOUT RELOCATING THEM TO OTHER AREAS
CHANDIGARH : The Haryana government has approved the slumin-situ rehabilitation policy under Housing For All-2018 scheme so as to provide housing facility to slum dwellers without relocating them to other areas.
An official release on Thursday said on Thursday that Rs 1.67 lakh per dwelling unit would be provided to developer for construction of houses for the slum dwellers.
The carpet area prescription of 30 square metre would be substituted with 50 square metre, it added.
The slums which are spread horizontally on the government land would be accumulated partially by means of group housing or flats and the area left after providing housing accommodation to the slum dwellers would be given as free sale component to cross-subsidise the developers.
In case of municipal corporation (MC), Gurugram and Faridabad, the beneficiaries would have to pay Rs 1 lakh per dwelling unit or flat in 24 monthly instalments.
This amount would be Rs 75,000 per dwelling unit in case of municipal corporation other than the two cities named above.
Similarly, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 per dwelling unit would have to be paid by the beneficiaries in case of all the municipal councils and municipal committees respectively, the release said.
The lock-in period of allotted flat or dwelling unit under the scheme would be for 10 years, it added.