Low cost pucca houses for slum dwellers in Berhampur

BERHAMPUR: The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 31 crore project for slum development in Berhampur city under the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP). As per the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities, Rs. 10 crores will be sanctioned in the first phase for the projects taken up under the IHSDP. Berhampur has 109 slums which are recognised in the BMC records. As per a recent assessment, the number of persons living in slums in the city may have touched more than one lakh. The IHSDP projects are going to bring in some hope for the slum dwellers and the poor of the city.
Around 1 lakh slum dwellers in this southern Orissa town will be provided with low cost pucca houses, including infrastructure facilities in their areas. As per Berhampur Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) commissioner, Bhim Manseth, “The Centre had sanctioned Rs 31 crore under the integrated housing scheme for urban poor to BMC for construction of the houses”. The BMC was collecting detailed data of beneficiaries and tender had been floated for biometric survey of benefieries and infrastructure facility available in the areas. The aim of the project is to abolish the slums in urban local bodies in the next five years and assist the slum dwellers for their economic development.

Sources: Source: PTI & The Hindu