Gurugram
Out to promote ‘House For All’ scheme, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced opening of a new window for group housing in Gurugram. Khattar, who was here to chair a one-day joint summit of NAREDCO and HRERA, made a slew of announcements, much to the applause of realtors, the major being 90-day extension for Transit-Oriented Development policy.

“Despite the Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana being in place, we were not able to give facilities to unauthorised colonies. So we decided to come up with minimum EDC charges to encourage builders. As many as 2,50,000-2,75,000 families do not have houses in Haryana, so we decided to help them through the scheme,” Khattar said.

“We have, for first time, got policies that are beneficial to buyers as well as builders. Till now, housing was the prerogative of rich people but now, home is easily available to all. The pace of infrastructure development in the past five years has been exceptional in Gurugram and we will take it to new heights,” said Praveen Jain, president, NAREDCO.

Meanwhile, declaring state’s housing regulator as most successful, the chief minister said Haryana was the only state that had two HRERA authorities, one of which was exclusively for Gurugram and had the highest complaint resolution rate.

Talking about the real estate development, Khattar said balanced realty development was one of the best ways to make a state progress.

“Realty development not only provides homes but also provides job opportunities and ensures infrastructure development.