Plans afoot to give a push to 2bhk scheme

24th Jan 2017, Special Corespondent from TheHindu

Hello 2BHK aspirants, The Telangana Government has decided to to speed up implementation of the double bedroom housing scheme by launching it in all Assembly segments this year by relaxing norms in supply of sand and providing cement at Rs 235 per bag, so as to complete all the 2.6 lakh houses sanctioned so far by the year end.

The Cabinet sub committee on double bedroom housing programme comprising Ministers A Indra Krian Reddy (Housing), T Harish Rao (Irrigation), G Jagadish Reddy (Energy), and P Mahender Reddy (Transport) that met hereon Monday asked the contractors to speed up work as relaxation and other measures being taken up by the Government would bring down the construction cost by Rs 100 to 110 per sft.

On an average, the relaxations would bring down the unit cost by about Rs 50,000, Mr Indra Kiran Reddy said after the meeting. He explained That the cabinet panel had decided to recommend to the government to allow contractors to get sand from quarries from neighboring districts in case it was not available in the required quantity in the same districts without any cost.

Further, contractor would be supplied cement at Rs 235 per bag as the cement companies had agreed to supply the material at the price for the scheme. 

Besides, the subsidy provided for construction of individual sanitary latrine (ISL) could also be availed for the scheme, Mr Indra Kiran said adding that it was being planned to complete tenders for over 2.45 lakh houses by February end.

The NTPC also had agreed to transport fly ash, required for making cement bricks for double bed room houses from it's Ramagundam unit for about 100 km distance free of cost. 

The decisions taken at the meeting would be taken to the notice of Chief Minister K Chandra Shekhar Rao and after his nod fresh guidelines would be issued, the Minister noted.

500 Crore for Double Bedroom Houses in Telangana

Telangana Government planning to construct 2.60 lakh double bedroom houses in State. District collectors are taking the responsibility of construction of 2bhk houses. There is no interfere of MLAs in this matter. MLAs are not going to participate in selection of beneficiaries for double bedroom. But they can inform about the areas where to be constructed. Around 1500 crores need for completion of  2 lakh Indiramma Houses. The Telanagana Government already sanctioned 336 crore. 

The government finalised the tenders for 14000 houses. 650 acres land identified in hyderabad to construct 2bhk houses by the big builders. Also government informed the companies who are going to construct houses to take social responsibility. The each house cost would be 5.40 lakh at villages. The central government agreed to pay 1.5 lakh per each house.  

Model Village In Every District-K Chandra Shekar Rao

Telangana CM KCR, buoyed by the successful implementation of  2BHK scheme in the two villages adopted by him in the Siddipet constituency, is now keen on selecting one village in every district and converting into a model village in the next two years.

The State government has fallen back on this idea as the 2BHK scheme could not take off on as large a scale as  the government wanted, despite the allocation of substantial funds. In many districts, the contractors not willing to the construct the houses at the price fixed by the government. 

The government wanted the houses to be constructed at a cost of Rs 5.50 lakh per unit in the districts, However, private agencies are demanding Rs 7.50 lakh per unit. The CM expressed his happiness at the timely completion of the houses in Erravelli and Narsannapet villages adopted by him. While participating in the mass house-warming ceremony there on Friday, KCR discussed with Housing Minister A Indrakran Reddy and Principal Secretary to Housing Chitra Ramachandran the possibility of executing the scheme in a similar manner in all other districts. 

KCR was keen on adopting one village in every districts and establishing model villages with all basic amenities and infrastructure like safe drinking water, sanitaion, road network, power supply and other facilities. The officials have been asked to send proposals along with the district plans, for inclusion in the state's annual budget for 2017-18. These model villages would have been internet connectivity. Each of the model villages would have also be made cashless by allocating special funds in the budget.

Double Bedroom Houses Inauguration : Erravelli-Narsannapeta, Markoor Mandal, Siddipet

Hello Double Bedroom aspirants, As we know that K Chandra Shekar Rao adopted  two villages Erravalli and Narsannapet. The time has come to inaugurate double bedroom houses at these two villages. Today Telangana CM KCR Garu inaugurated 2bhk houses at Erravelli and Narsannapet Villages, Markoor mandal, Siddipet district.

The count of 2 bhk houses in these two villages are 490. Erravelli 340 houses and Narsannapet 150 houses. The Telangana Govt have taken a new step towards building new 2bhk houses. These two villages double bedroom inauguration is tempting many other 2 bhk aspirants over Telangana State. No need to worry about our application. Not exactly started at every district. Definitely will reach us soon. 

The Telangana Government is spending 5,70,000/- for each house. Six hundred 'Veda Pandits' are participating in inauguration. Free internet facility and 24 Hours Godavari river water available for these two villages The Government divided into zones and allocated to respective officers to complete smoothly. 

Double Bedroom Housing Scheme to Begin by March 2017

Ambedkar Nagar Colony, Warangal

The Telangana Government has been making serious efforts to ground the double bedroom housing scheme in the districts as seen from the timeline given by Housing Minister A Kiran Reddy  to Collectors of the four districts which hitherto constituted undivided Adilabad. At a review meeting at Nirmal district head quarters on Wednesday (07.12.2016). works needed to be grounded by March next and construction completed by December.

Asking the collectors to take special interest in the project, the Minister said the Government has done away with seigniorage charges on sand and would ensure supply of cement at much reduced rate of Rs 230 per bag.

The cost of the constriction would go down by at least Rs 33,000 owing to these concessions and hence there was a need for the top officials to motivate contractors to take up the work.

Housing Department Principal Secretary Chitra Ramachandran said the government has sanctioned Rs 218 crore for construction of two bedroom houses. Giving the breakup of the number of houses per district, she said 

Adilabad - 1510

Nirmal  - 960

Mancherial - 1530

Asifabad - 750

The Minister and officials also visted the site of the houses at Yellapalli Village near Nirmal. Adilabad collector Mr Buddha Prakash M. Jyothi, Nirmal Collector Ilambarithi, Khumram bheem Asifabad Collector M Champalal and Mancherial collector R V Karnan were present.

This 2 bhk housing scheme will come on all possible areas soon. all the best.