C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Housing and Urban and Development Corporation has agreed to back Tamil Nadu government’s scheme of building 20,000 green house units in town panchayats for economically weaker sections.
This was decided during a meeting between officials of housing and urban development department and HUDCO.
HUDCO sources told Express that they have agreed to fund the project. “The loan payment is for a period of 15 years and the houses will built for the category of economically weaker sections,” the sources said.
This comes after the Housing and Urban Development department in a Government Order released recently decided to sanction financial assistance of Rs 2.1 lakh each to 20,000 economically weaker families in the town pa nchayats under Phase I to convert huts or mud houses into green houses with a concrete roof and solar power.
Sources said the Solar powered lighting system in the green houses shall be installed by Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA). Each house will have a living room, Bedroom, kitchen and toilet besides rain water harv esting structures. The designs proposed are flexible and the plinth area of the house w ill not exceed 360 sq.ft.
Sources told Express that Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) would repay the loan and interest charged through sale of Tranferrable D evelopment Rights accrued due to the construction of Economic Weaker Section (EWS) houses at periodic intervals as per the loan repayment sche dule. The loan will also be backed by a government guarantee.
The scheme is likely to be implemented from November. “ Once the beneficiaries are identified they have to construct the house till the basement level following which the first instalment of the amount would be credited in their bank account. There is no third party or mediator. This would bring in transparency,” official sources added.
Interestingly, the eligibility for the applicant under the scheme is that he should be poor and should not own a concrete house. The assi stance will be provided to construct a house with a plinth area of not less than 300 square feet.
The scheme envisages stage wise completion certificate by respective assistant executive engineers. While the scheme is an attractive one but it still remains as to how slum clearance board would repay the loan amount th rough proceeds from sale of TDR. But sources said that if the slum clearance board fails to pay through TDR, then the government will intervene to make the scheme successful.
Factfile:
Green House Scheme
Scheduled Caste - 29%
Scheduled Tribe - 1%
Others - 70%
(3% of the allocation may be reserved for differently- abled persons)
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