Desaraju Surya
So, the Y S Rajasekhara Reddy government will finally have some “achievement” to claim credit for!
The single bedroom and double bedroom flats, numbering 1140 in all, are said to be nearing completion at Chandanagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad. This will be the first venture under the much-hyped Rajiv Swagruha scheme to be ready for inauguration soon.
But what about the others, you may wonder. The total demand for houses or flats under Swagruha scheme is over 1.74 lakh. As per the information provided by the Swagruha Corporation authorities only 17,446 flats\houses are currently being built under the scheme in different places of the state. While flats at Pocharam and Bandlaguda on the outskirts of Hyderabad have reached the slabs stage, they are still at the foundation level at Vetapalem (Prakasam district), Nellore and Khammam. In Narsaraopet, Kakinada, Mahbubnagar, Tandur (Ranga Reddy district), Nalgonda, Srikalahasthi, Rayachoti, Rajampet and Kamareddy the site clearance works are on while in Yendada near Visakhapatnam the proposed site for Swagruha houses is under development. So, these projects will take shape only in the next two years if everything goes well (like cement and steel prices remaining stable and construction workers are readily available).
Model houses are ready at Pocharam and Bandlaguda while they are being constructed in Nellore. So far the Swagruha Corporation authorities have allotted flats\houses to 35,870 of the applicants while all others have to wait for a longer period for allotment.
The Swagruha Corporation needs a total of 10,000 acres to build houses\flats for all the applicants in the urban areas of Andhra Pradesh. But only 7599 acres of land is available across the state. The Empowered Committee headed by the state Chief Commissioner of Land Administration has cleared 2846.33 acres for allotment to the Corporation of which the Corporation has taken possession of only 1023 acres.
In districts like West Godavari, Krishna, Kurnool, Anantapur and Hyderabad no land is available for these houses. Informed sources say the Swagruha Corporation has dropped the idea of building houses in a city like Vijayawada and will be returning the deposits to the applicants.
As per the original plan, the Swagruha Corporation is supposed to take up construction of 45,000 units in 2007-08 financial year, 75,000 units in 2008-09 and the balance 54,748 in 2009-10. There are just three four more months left for the completion of 2008-09 financial year but still not more than 18,000 units have been taken up out of the total 1.20 lakh. This itself reveals how pathetic the implementation of the Swagruha scheme has been.
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh wanted to entice the so-called middle-class voters with these “affordable” houses, which should have been completed by 2009, well in time for the elections.
The “progress” of the scheme has dashed the hopes of thousands of people aspiring for a own house and it will certainly dash the hopes of the Rajasekhara Reddy government as well.
Isn’t this the “God’s own administration!” To hell with it.
So, the Y S Rajasekhara Reddy government will finally have some “achievement” to claim credit for!
The single bedroom and double bedroom flats, numbering 1140 in all, are said to be nearing completion at Chandanagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad. This will be the first venture under the much-hyped Rajiv Swagruha scheme to be ready for inauguration soon.
But what about the others, you may wonder. The total demand for houses or flats under Swagruha scheme is over 1.74 lakh. As per the information provided by the Swagruha Corporation authorities only 17,446 flats\houses are currently being built under the scheme in different places of the state. While flats at Pocharam and Bandlaguda on the outskirts of Hyderabad have reached the slabs stage, they are still at the foundation level at Vetapalem (Prakasam district), Nellore and Khammam. In Narsaraopet, Kakinada, Mahbubnagar, Tandur (Ranga Reddy district), Nalgonda, Srikalahasthi, Rayachoti, Rajampet and Kamareddy the site clearance works are on while in Yendada near Visakhapatnam the proposed site for Swagruha houses is under development. So, these projects will take shape only in the next two years if everything goes well (like cement and steel prices remaining stable and construction workers are readily available).
Model houses are ready at Pocharam and Bandlaguda while they are being constructed in Nellore. So far the Swagruha Corporation authorities have allotted flats\houses to 35,870 of the applicants while all others have to wait for a longer period for allotment.
The Swagruha Corporation needs a total of 10,000 acres to build houses\flats for all the applicants in the urban areas of Andhra Pradesh. But only 7599 acres of land is available across the state. The Empowered Committee headed by the state Chief Commissioner of Land Administration has cleared 2846.33 acres for allotment to the Corporation of which the Corporation has taken possession of only 1023 acres.
In districts like West Godavari, Krishna, Kurnool, Anantapur and Hyderabad no land is available for these houses. Informed sources say the Swagruha Corporation has dropped the idea of building houses in a city like Vijayawada and will be returning the deposits to the applicants.
As per the original plan, the Swagruha Corporation is supposed to take up construction of 45,000 units in 2007-08 financial year, 75,000 units in 2008-09 and the balance 54,748 in 2009-10. There are just three four more months left for the completion of 2008-09 financial year but still not more than 18,000 units have been taken up out of the total 1.20 lakh. This itself reveals how pathetic the implementation of the Swagruha scheme has been.
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh wanted to entice the so-called middle-class voters with these “affordable” houses, which should have been completed by 2009, well in time for the elections.
The “progress” of the scheme has dashed the hopes of thousands of people aspiring for a own house and it will certainly dash the hopes of the Rajasekhara Reddy government as well.
Isn’t this the “God’s own administration!” To hell with it.
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