Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Shortage of Houses for Government Employees


Shortage of Houses for Government Employees

Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Kamal Nath has said that there is shortage of accommodation for Central Government employees in cities like, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai.  The position is comfortable at other stations.

He said in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha today that the following initiatives have been taken to increase availability of houses:-

(i) Construction of residential and office/commercial accommodation at Ghitorini Delhi;

(ii) Redevelopment of old Government colonies, namely, East Kidwai Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Srinivaspuri, Mohammadpur, Kasturba Nagar, Thyagaraja Nagar and Sarojani Nagar in Delhi for utilizing the maximum available floor area ratio (FAR);

(iii) Acquiring 96 flats of various categories in the Common Wealth Games Village, New Delhi; and

(iv)Construction of 130 units of Type-V and Type-VI categories at Hyderabad Estate, Mumbai by demolishing 48 Type-VI flats which have been declared dangerous and meanwhile hiring  50 flats equivalent to Type-VI category to instantly meet the deficiency caused by demolition of existing flats.

Details of Demand and Availability of General Pool Residential Accommodation in Delhi

Status as on 08-03-2013
House Type
Stock in GP
Total Demand as on Date
Shortage/Surplus 
(+) – Shortage
 
(-) - Surplus
1
16722
16788
66
2
23716
34832
11116
3
11723
20189
8466
4
5343
9290
3947
4S
792
3117
2325
5A
1402
2148
746
5B
860
2265
1405
6A
791
1457
666
6B
146
305
159
7
181
372
191
8
125
254
129
Total
61801
91017
29216

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