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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Poor response to Surat Municipal Corporation houses for urban poor
SURAT: There is uncertainty over return on investment in 11,000 Low Income Group (LIG) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) houses being built by Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in the city. The SMC
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Slum rehab key to saving Dahisar mangroves
Activists Say Hutments Should Be Removed From Wetlands Dahisar, the last suburb within Mumbai limits on the western track, primarily needs a comprehensive slum rehabilitation plan to protect its mangroves, free public space and allow affordable housing.
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IDA to build 30,000 more affordable houses in next 5 yrs
At a time when Indore Development Authority (IDA) is finding it difficult to find takers for its affordable houses, its board on Wednesday promised to construct another 30,000 affordable houses in next
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SMC starts building 11K houses for urban poor
As a part of on going campaign of making Surat 'Zero Slum' city, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started construction of 2,500 houses at 11 places in the city. Construction for another 2,000 homes of 1 BHK in economically weaker section (EWS) and low-income group (LIG) category would begin by Monday. Work for remaining 6,500 of the total of 11,000 homes would begin by February 1. There will be 3,000 EWS and 8,000 LIG houses built .
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Gujarat govt gives details of affordable housing policy
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government eventually came out with an affordable housing policy on Thursday. The policy that has come in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections was one of the promises made by
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CHB to come out with general housing scheme
After a gap of four years, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is coming out with a general housing scheme in the southern belt of the city. An exercise to identify the land in Sectors 53 and 54 has already
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Raje okays sand mining as per SC order
Chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday approved a proposal to let 82 licence holders to carry out sand (bajri) mining in the state in accordance with an interim order of the Supreme Court. The licencees
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UP effects amendments in the policy to boost affordable housing
In a bid to boost affordable housing in UP the state government has effected amendments in the policy for construction of houses under the economically weaker section (EWS) and Lower Income Group (LIG)
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75, 000 affordable houses to be built
To prove that it is serious about implementing its poll promise of affordable urban housing, Gujarat government plans to start construction of around 75,000 houses by its para institutions across the state
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Now, state govt dilutes affordable housing policy
Now, builders will be required to reserve 20 per cent land for affordable housing only in projects on over 4,000-sq m plots. Nearly two years after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan unveiled a new plan