LIGHT HOUSE PROJECT TO BOOST ‘HOME FOR ALL’ DREAM

In UP, 1,040 houses are being constructed in the Avadh Vihar Housing Scheme at Lucknow with an estimated total cost of Rs 130.90 crore

On the first day of new year the construction of houses under (LHP) light house project was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in six cities including Lucknow in the country. The changes implemented by the present dispensation resulted in a new approach and use of innovative and latest technology in construction of housing units. In all six cities of the country over 1,000 houses will be constructed in a year i.e., average of three houses every day. In UP, 1,040 houses are being constructed in the Avadh Vihar Housing Scheme in Lucknow with an estimated total cost of Rs 130.90 crore. In the project, 13 towers having 14 floors each will be built under supervision of SUDA. Proposed to be constructed over an area of 34.5 sq mt, the housing units would be constructed with the use of ‘stay in place framework system’.

Under this pre finished walls, which would not require a plaster would help in creating an enclosure based on Canadian technology. These houses would not be only affordable but also strong. Under the project economically weaker people of urban areas will get a house in just Rs 4.76 lakh having an area of 415 sq ft. The cost of these houses is Rs 12.59 lakh in which the central and state government would provide subsidy of Rs 7.83 lakh and balance 4.76 lakh to be paid by the allotee. The allotment would be done under PMAY (urban).

The credit goes to PM Narendra Modi for linking technology with the government’s ambitious housing for all scheme to serve the interest of people looking for a dream house.

Yogi Adityanath Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh

Rice is a staple food in many parts of the state. The fortified rice will have food and nutritional supplements with sufficient quantity of iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B, Vitamin B12, folic acid and various other micro-nutrients. It will also be having medicinal values.

UP chief minister launched this programme virtually for model district Chandauli, one of the aspirational districts in the state. All the ration shops of Chandauli will distribute fortified rice from February while the entire state will be covered from the end of this year.

The state government is creating awareness to ensure that fortified rice becomes an eating habit because of its nutritional value.

The rice will be distributed through ration cards from the ration shops where the number of people taking the facility of subsidised food grains is more. Therefore, for the section of society that is more sensitive in terms of malnutrition, it will also work as a medicine.

Fortified rice is the normal rice that is to be coated with the required amount of iron, vitamins and micronutrients as a layer over it. Millers will also be benefited by processing this rice and it will also generate employment at the local level in the MSME sector.

Along with this, the Kala Namak rice of Siddharthnagar, which is rich in zinc and iron, will also gain popularity and its demand will also increase. The local farmers will also be benefiting from it in terms of increased income.