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2,000 flats for shelterless people - Lahore_Real_Estate - 09-16-2010 12:04 PM
Federal Minister for Housing and Works Rahmatullah Kakar has said that over 2000 flats would be constructed for the shelterless people of federal capital.
Talking to APP, he said this is the second mega project after I-16 Sector for which the Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has acquired 15 acres land from the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
He said that it was national obligation upon the construction engineers and experts to acquaint themselves with the emerging cost effective technologies to be utilised in the Prime Minister’s Housing Projects in the country.
Kakar said the Balochistan government was issuing an NOC in next few days for the land acquired by the PHA and it would provide housing facilities to the needy, government employees and the general public.
The minister said that 2000 flats were being constructed in I-16 Sector Islamabad on 16 acres of land acquired from the CDA which would double the government’s efforts in achieving the goal for shelter to all.
The minister urged the PHA and FGEHF to intensify their efforts for launching more housing projects with a view to speedy accomplishment of housing for all programme. He said that construction of one million housing units would not only provide housing facility for the shelterless, needy, government employees and the general public but also generate socio-economic uplift activities in the country.