70,000 affordable houses to come up in Gurgaon

Looking for affordable housing in NCR? This should interest you. The Haryana government has decided to come out with a mega project in Gurgaon after a gap of more than five years.

The 1,400-acre project, coming up in the southern periphery of Gurgaon (Sector 58-115), will provide accommodation to about 70,000 families. The project is expected to be completed within six months. Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) will develop 1,000 acres, while the rest will be developed by private players like Emmar-MGF and DLF.

The cost of the flats and type of dwellings are still being worked out. However, it is learnt that the rate of Huda flats will vary from Rs 13 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, depending on the size and location. Comparable dwellings in Gurgaon begin with a price tag of Rs 30 lakh at present. According to Huda rules, all such residential projects have to leave 10% for economically weaker sections and another 10% for multiple housing units (group housing societies).

``We have decided to deviate from the earlier practise by readying complete infrastructure on the site before unveiling the housing schemes by Huda or private builders. Our other guidelines for housing poor and economically weaker sections remain unchanged,'' said TC Gupta, director, town and country planning and special secretary, housing.

In order to ensure better connectivity with the national capital, the town and country planning department will construct main roads and link roads to Delhi before offering the housing. The first phase of construction of roads between sectors 58-67 will start from Monday.

For the rest of the sectors, the land acquisition collector has forwarded his recommendations after settling the claims and objections raised by those whose land has been acquired to carve out the new sectors.