IN a major step to make the dream of affordable housing a reality, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has decided NIT construct affordable houses to change the user of lands at Mouza Bharatwada-Punapur, Mouza Wanjri in Eastern part of the city and Mouza Jaitala in South West Nagpur. NIT plans to construct flats for Low Income Group (LIG) at Wanjri for the families whose income is between Rs 3 and Rs 6 lakh per year.
The NIT and NMC had identified 143 hectare open land to create affordable housing pool in next four years and NIT has been made nodal agency for affordable housing in Nagpur urban agglomerate. NIT has received 16,000 online applications under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). NMC and NIT have decided to construct around 50,000 houses for needy and poor people in Nagpur. Recently, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has given a target of 25,000 houses to NIT.
The State Government has already allocated 3.82 hectare prime land at Wathoda and Sakkardara to Nagpur Improvement Trust for affordable housing scheme for homeless persons. NIT construct affordable houses At Wathoda, 2.40 hectare land and at Sakkardara 1.42 hectare land has been transferred to NIT by the Urban Development department from the retainable land accrued to the Government out of surplus land declared under Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) Act. it will definitely have cascading effect on artificially jacked up realty rates, the experts stated.
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Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari who is promoting low cost housing in city has directed authorities to ensure that cost of affordable houses must be kept below Rs 5 lakh at any cost. The NIT Board also decided NIT construct affordable houses to transfer land under its possession to National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) suitable for running milk booths on 30 years lease period as special case on nominal rent of Re 1.
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