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| CM orders survey of LIG, EWS families to assess requirement of housing colonies | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 10: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today ordered Housing and Urban Development Department to carry out a comprehensive survey of houseless Low Income Group (LIG) families and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) so that a fair assessment is made about the actual requirement of housing colonies in the State.
Laying emphasis on keeping provision of well-laid out roads, schools, hospitals, malls, parks and other basic amenities while developing group residential colonies and flatted accommodation, the Chief Minister said, as a matter of policy, a portion of flats should be earmarked for EWS and LIG families.
The Chief Minister had also ordered framing a comprehensive PPP Policy to overcome acute shortage of affordable housing colonies and formulation of a panel, headed by the Chief Secretary, to ensure execution of projects by SDA and JDA in a time-bound manner.
He also laid stress upon creating a land bank to conceive future projects and directed Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr Pawan Kotwal, to facilitate handing over possession of those tracts of land to JDA which have been transferred to the Authority from time-to-time.
Work cannot go on in bits-and-pieces and steps on a fast-track basis have to be initiated to hand over land to JDA. We need sites to set up new residential colonies to provide affordable housing to the houseless people, he said and observed that Government cannot shut its eyes to a huge crisis unfolding on the housing front.
For the first time since 1947, the people have given us a golden opportunity to bring people of three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh together under one umbrella, Sayeed said and on the issue of revision of Jammu Master Plan-2021, he asked the Chief Secretary to expedite the proposal so that it is referred to the Cabinet for ratification. As many as 103 villages will be brought under the ambit of Jammu Master Plan-2032 for planned development of the winter capital and its suburbs.
The Chief Minister further asked the Chief Secretary to identify a chunk of land of about 4-5 km in Jammu precincts that can be taken up by J&K Bank under its CSR for development of an Amusement Park, on the analogy of Badamwari in Srinagar. |
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