Execute housing, beautification projects efficiently: Chief Minister

Amaravati: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu instructed the representatives of three construction companies, who involved in housing and urban greening and beautification, that each project must be well defined and executed with efficiency.

The Chief Minister also directed to make weekly milestones and report the progress of projects up to date to the government.The Chief Minister held a review meeting with officials of Andhra Pradesh Township and Infrastructure Development Corporation (APTIDCO) in which representatives of NCC, L&T and Shapoorji Pallonji participated. Naidu said, “From the plinth stage of houses to the phase of handover the houses to beneficiaries, each phase must be well defined and executed with efficiency”, he told the representatives.

Highlights:

• The Chief Minister while reviewing the progress of housing projects with construction firms, directs contractors to report the status every week
• Naidu instructs the companies to maintain registries, record the turnout of beneficiaries
• Out of 650 projects across the State, 156 (24 per cent) have been completed

L&T officials said they had taken up 73,93,120 housing units in their projects in West Godavari under the PMAY-NTR Nagar scheme. They said master layouts, foundation drawings, internal electrical and plumbing works were approved and work on site had made significant progress. The Chief Minister has instructed the construction companies to maintain registries, to record the turn-out of beneficiaries.

An official from Shapoorji Pallonji presented the progress of their projects in Kurnool and Guntur. There will be 25,305 units in Kurnool in Nandyal (10,000), Adoni (2,041), Yemmiganur (3,264) and Kurnool (10,000). In Guntur, there will be 15,302 units in Guntur (6,630), Chilakaluripet (4,512), Ponnur (2,368), Tenali (1,152) and Satenapalli (640).

Nagarjuna Construction Company submitted that under the PMAY-NTR Nagar Scheme, they have projects in East Godavari and Nellore districts and submitted the detailed status report.Meanwhile officials of AP Urban Greening and Beautification Corporation (APUGBC) presented the status report of all projects for beautifying the urban landscape.

Out of 650 projects across the state, 156 (24 per cent) have been completed. 15 per cent are in the tender stage, 10 per cent have not begun, 27 per cent are in progress and 24 per cent are not yet taken up. The projects include parks, water-fronts, road medians, plantations, temples, universities, hospitals and national highways.

The Chief Minister has suggested a project for beautifying the landscapes of the highways in Amaravati and Visakhapatnam. “In Visakhapatnam, call it Soundarya Mala, and in Amaravati, call it Baudhha Mala. In these two projects, the main highways must be the focus, and ensure that they reflect a colourful landscape of the cities”, he said.

The officials submitted a list of 7 temples for the commencement of landscape design projects at an estimated cost of Rs 71.7 crore. The Chief Minister asked them to include at least 25 temples in the mission.

Landscaping in 12 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will be taken up at an estimated total cost of Rs 123.09 crore. The central medians allocated to ULBs stretch across 181.09 km, include civil works and soft-scaping. The project costs Rs 49.03 crore, and the target date of completion is 31 October 2017.

The target for tree plantation in 2017-18 planting season is 25.18 lakh plants. 33 per cent have been planted and the target of completion is by October-end. The Chief Minister told the officials to involve top institutions in planning and get expertise to train larger number of people.