10000 Houses for the Poor Near Jakkampudi

[Guest Urban Legend]

Stage is set for the foundation stone laying ceremony for housing schemes for weaker sections in the state on April 14, marking BR Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will lay the foundation stone for the housing scheme which includes 10,000 houses for those to be relocated from the canal bunds in Vijayawada at Jakkampudi village on the city out skirts. There are a total three schemes-NTR Grameena Gruha Pathakam, NTR Pattana Gruha Nirmana Pathakam and NTR Gruha Naveekarana. Under NTR Grameena Gruha Pathakam a two-bedroom house constructed in 300 sqft will be given to the beneficiaries in rural areas. Estimated cost of each unit is Rs. 2.9 lakh. The state government will provide a subsidy of Rs 1.2 lakh and Rs 60,000 under NREGS while Rs 1.1 lakh will be facilitated as loan. Those with less than Rs 1 lakh annual income are eligible for the housing scheme. Each assembly segment has been allocated 1,250 houses under the scheme. In the constituencies where rural population is less than 50 percent, only 500 houses have been allocated. Similarly, under NTR Pattana Gruha Nirmana Pathakam, two-bedroom houses of 400 sqfeet each will be given to the beneficiaries in urban areas

In Vijayawada, a total 8.300 families living on canal bunds at various parts of the city will be relocated to Jakkampudi, where government is constructing 10,000 houses. For the remaining 1,700 houses beneficiaries will be selected.

Under JnNURM scheme, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has already constructed 8000 houses at Jakkampudi village and many families are staying there. Entire land at Jakkampudi was acquired from farmers on 40:60 development bases in which the land owners were provided with best infrastructure including roads, water, electricity and drainage facilities.

The project is being executed in two phases. Phase I covers an area of 226 acres with 8,000 houses that have been built already. Phase II will cover 787 acres. All together, the project is expected to build 25,000 houses. From Jakkampudi it is connected to the main city with 40-ft wide all-weather BT roads. VMC has built a flyover over a railway crossing that alone has reduced the distance by 4 km. It has also built an inner ring road, integrating the area to the main city. The colony is now just 5-8 km away from the central business district.