New technology to help make houses affordable
In a country where people do not have so much to spend on building materials, promoters of plastic bottles for building say that such houses made from plastic are estimated to cost just about one-third
Lowcost Housing
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A RAY of hope for slum-dwellers
BHUBANESWAR: For a slum-dweller, owning a concrete house is a dream!
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Mukhya Mantri Awas Mission to start from November 1
Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava said that Mukhya Mantri Gramin Awas Mission will start from November 1, foundation day of the state. The houses will be constructed for the poor persons. He said that till the end of the year 2013, the Mission will construct five lakh houses for the poor.
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Gas tragedy: 2000 houses to be constructed for dependents of deceased
<div>Bhopal, Aug 25: The Gas Relief and Rehabilitation Department will construct over two thousand houses at a cost of Rs 40 crore for the widows of those who died in the world's worst industrial disaster that occurred in Bhopal in 1984.
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Innovating solutions for India's challenges
India first needs to innovate the solution itself, and then focus on the product Arvind Singhal / New Delhi July 29, 2010, 0:03 IST
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Jharia Vihar set for extension - 750 new rehab quarters on anvil for coalfield families
Dhanbad, July 19: After rehabilitating more than 270 families from the fire-affected areas of the Jharia coalfield region to Jharia Vihar colony, the Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has decided to add around 750 quarters to the existing colony. Currently, the Jharia Vihar colony has 2,352 quarters where illegal inhabitants of the coalfield region were shifted.
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State to build more houses for poor people in Hills
The state housing department will construct more houses for people belonging to lower income groups in the hills, the minister for housing and public health engineering, Mr Gautam Deb, said today.
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Indira Awaas Yojana scope to be widened, states to come in as partners
INDIRA Awaas Yojana, the Manmohan Singh government
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No huts in Tamil Nadu by 2016
IN A move that is certain to help the ruling DMK in next assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the Karunanidhi government has drawn an ambitious plan to rid the state of all huts, or temporary houses, in the rural areas by the year 2016.
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Low-cost houses for urban poor soon
The State Government has chalked out a scheme 'Nanna Mane' to provide low-cost houses to people in urban areas. Disclosing this to reporters, Housing Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said three types of houses
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BMC to receive award for excellence from Union Minister
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) would receive the award of excellence for providing houses to the urban poor under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Notably, 15,000 houses for poor are being constructed in different identified localities of the city under the central funded scheme in question.