18,000 Cheap House Flats built, only 87 allotted
A cheap house at Bawana under the Rajiv Ratna Awaas Yojna remains a dream for residents of the city’s slums. Only 87 allotments have been made, even the 10,000-odd flats constructed. Government data shows another 8,000 flats are almost ready but the agencies plan to keep the handing over pending till beneficiaries are identified.
The 10,000-odd flats constructed since the Congress’ poll promise in the run-up to the 2008 assembly elections have remained vacant, as only 87 allotments have been made so far. A cheap house at Bawana under the Rajiv Ratna Awaas Yojna remains a dream for residents of the city’s slums.
Cheap house as a part of the Congress’ poll promise in the run-up to the 2008 assembly elections remains a dream for residents of the city’s slums. While refusing to comment on the Lokayukta’s indictment of her in connection with the status of these flats, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said she had not seen the order, but added, “I have not misled anyone”.
“We want to clear the JJ (jhuggi-jhopri) clusters and hand over the land to the land owning agencies. But for that we need to first relocate people. We don’t want to go there and bulldoze residents of slums out to clear a slum,” Dikshit said
She said she was hopeful that in the next two months her government would work out a policy to solve the issues related to allotment.
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