Delhi clears Rs.1,100 crore for housing projects

New Delhi : Delhi’s State-Level Steering Committee on Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Friday cleared five dwelling projects worth Rs.1,136 crore.

Under the projects, 7,672 rooms offering ten-bedded and five-bedded dormitories would be constructed by the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation at an estimated cost of Rs.906.30 crore.

Under other two projects, two sets of 3,052 and 3,600 rooms will be constructed at Kanjhawala and under two more projects 4,620 rooms will be constructed at Samaspur at a total cost of Rs.229.83 crore.

The accommodations will be rented out to firms, contractors for industrial workers and to other migrant workers who cannot afford to rent homes at market rates.

JNNURM is a massive city-modernisation scheme launched by the ministry of urban development.

The meeting was chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.