BDA to construct two lakh houses

The Bengalooru Development Authority (BDA) will build 2 lakh houses on 300 acres in different localities of the city. The houses will be built on government land recovered from encroachers by the Revenue Department. Out of the two lakh houses, 1.60 lakh will be allotted to middle-income groups and the rest to poor families. Under the Ashraya scheme, the Government has decided to construct group housing for families living below the poverty line in Bengalooru. The proposal will be placed before the Cabinet for approval, the Chief Minister, Mr H D Kumaraswamy said. As many as 38,000 houses have been constructed on revenue land in Bengalooru. Six lakh houses will be constructed under the Ashraya scheme. Since the implementation of the scheme is slow, the Housing Department has been instructed to construct 50,000 houses a month. Under the Suvarna Gramodaya programme, 10 acres will be acquired in each of the selected villages for allotment of housing sites. As many as 1,127 villages have been selected in the first phase.

Source: 99acres.com