While disclosing this here today, Arun Kumar, Chief Administrator of Housing Board Haryana  said that 567 triple storeyed type-A houses for economically  weaker sections(EWS) and lower income groups were proposed to be constructed in Sector 9, Bahadurgarh at a cost of about Rs. 25 crore and 1342 triple storeyed type-B houses for economically weaker sections and lower income groups in Sector 19, Sirsa at a cost of Rs. 56 crore.

Similarly, 280 four storeyed type-I houses for industrial workers were proposed to be constructed in industrial estate, HSIIDC, Bawal, district Rewari at a cost of Rs. 12.80 crore, 602 four storeyed type-I houses for industrial workers in Industrial Estate, HSIIDC, Barhi, district Sonipat at a cost of about    Rs. 27.52 crore and 192 EWS houses in Sector 4 (Part-II), Hisar at a cost of Rs.5.76 crore, he added.

Arun Kumar said that the Board had constructed 1391 houses of different categories at Sonipat, Madlauda, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Dharuhera and Faridabad at a cost of Rs. 100.50 crore during the year 2009.

He said that a chunk of land measuring about 4.50 acres and 18.75 acres had been offered by Haryana Urban Development Authority in Sector 8, Sonipat and Sector 5, Hansi, respectively.  Approximately 400 EWS houses were likely to be constructed  at Sonipat and 1700 EWS houses at Hansi. Similarly, 4.5 acres of land had been offered by HUDA at Jind for the construction of 270 EWS houses. A piece of  5.50 acres of land  was also proposed to be got from HUDA in Sector 1, Narnaul, he added.

Source: www.punjabnewsline.com Haryana Housing Board to construct 2983 houses for poor