The Darjeeling forest division Tuesday handed over the keys of newly built houses to families belonging to the Forest Protection Committee of eight different forest ranges under the state government’s Gitanjali Housing Scheme for the year 2013-14.
With a view to provide proper shelter to the poor that is free of cost, the Government in Housing Department has laid focus on construction of houses for the Economically Weaker Section of people. This scheme is being implemented in rural and non-municipal urban areas in coordination with seven other state government departments under the names of ‘Gitanjali’ and ‘Amar Thikana’. The forest division is one of the participating and implementing departments.
In the hills, the forest department has constructed 100 houses each costing Rs2.51 lakh. These Gitanjali houses have been built in the Rimbick (20), Dhodrey (9), Tonglu (10), Ghoom-Simana (13), Darjeeling (15), Badamtam (8), Takdah (9) and Teesta Valley (16) ranges.
The houses were handed over to the FPC members as per the Joint Forestry Management concept for their contribution in the protection of the environment and forests.
“We organised a handing over and inauguration ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the Rimbick and Dhodrey ranges and officially gave away the houses to the beneficiaries in the presence of RP Saini, the special additional PCCF and CCF (Hills Circle),” said DFO BR Sewa of the Darjeeling Forest Division.
The objective of the scheme is to provide proper shelters to the EWS of society as well as to create additional employment opportunities for construction workers. The cost of such dwelling units on the beneficiaries’ land in rural areas varies across the span and terrain of the state owing to different soil and climatic conditions.
The scheme allocates Rs1.67 lakh each for beneficiaries residing in rural areas of the plains, Rs1.23 lakh each for fishermen residing in non-coastal areas, Rs1.94 lakh each to beneficiaries in the forest fringe areas of the Sunderbans and Rs3 lakh each for those residing within the forest villages of Jalpaiguri district.
The cost of such dwelling units for new construction in non-municipal semi-urban areas is Rs1.67 lakh for a single storeyed building on the beneficiary’s land while Rs3.30 lakh is earmarked for a multi-storeyed structure on plots owned by the government.
The forest department will be constructing another 100 houses under the Gitanjali scheme during the 2014-15 fiscal. The forest division also organised a free eye checkup camp at the Rimbick and Teesta Valley ranges for FPC families falling under the BPL category.
“It is a small effort on our part to fulfill our social responsibility. There are many families in forest areas that do not even have the means to purchase medicines leave alone undergo expensive eye operations because of their financial condition and the remoteness of their villages,” said Sewa, adding nearly 500 people benefited from the free checkup, more than 300 spectacles were supplied to patients, while 29 people were identified for cataract operation in Siliguri.
Source: EOI
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| The Darjeeling Forest Division has constructed 100 units of Gitanjali Houses for BPL category beneficiaries. |
In the hills, the forest department has constructed 100 houses each costing Rs2.51 lakh. These Gitanjali houses have been built in the Rimbick (20), Dhodrey (9), Tonglu (10), Ghoom-Simana (13), Darjeeling (15), Badamtam (8), Takdah (9) and Teesta Valley (16) ranges.
The houses were handed over to the FPC members as per the Joint Forestry Management concept for their contribution in the protection of the environment and forests.
“We organised a handing over and inauguration ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the Rimbick and Dhodrey ranges and officially gave away the houses to the beneficiaries in the presence of RP Saini, the special additional PCCF and CCF (Hills Circle),” said DFO BR Sewa of the Darjeeling Forest Division.
The objective of the scheme is to provide proper shelters to the EWS of society as well as to create additional employment opportunities for construction workers. The cost of such dwelling units on the beneficiaries’ land in rural areas varies across the span and terrain of the state owing to different soil and climatic conditions.
The scheme allocates Rs1.67 lakh each for beneficiaries residing in rural areas of the plains, Rs1.23 lakh each for fishermen residing in non-coastal areas, Rs1.94 lakh each to beneficiaries in the forest fringe areas of the Sunderbans and Rs3 lakh each for those residing within the forest villages of Jalpaiguri district.
The cost of such dwelling units for new construction in non-municipal semi-urban areas is Rs1.67 lakh for a single storeyed building on the beneficiary’s land while Rs3.30 lakh is earmarked for a multi-storeyed structure on plots owned by the government.
The forest department will be constructing another 100 houses under the Gitanjali scheme during the 2014-15 fiscal. The forest division also organised a free eye checkup camp at the Rimbick and Teesta Valley ranges for FPC families falling under the BPL category.
“It is a small effort on our part to fulfill our social responsibility. There are many families in forest areas that do not even have the means to purchase medicines leave alone undergo expensive eye operations because of their financial condition and the remoteness of their villages,” said Sewa, adding nearly 500 people benefited from the free checkup, more than 300 spectacles were supplied to patients, while 29 people were identified for cataract operation in Siliguri.
Source: EOI
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