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Steel City Rourkela is facing a Gargantua sized roadblock with its affordable housing blueprint under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) 2022.
What’s stonewalling?
The industrial hub is not on the State Government’s priority list for affordable housing and Rourkela Municipal Corporation's (RMC) projects are languishing in the dust.
What’s at stake (or stuck)?
1️⃣ RMC AHP-1 (800 units) - Approved but no work yet.
2️⃣ RMC AHP-2 (800 units) - No approval yet.
3️⃣ Madhusudanpali rehabilitation project for 4,900 families by RMC - Status unclear.
4️⃣ RDA AHP for 720 EWS units at Chhend Colony- No tender released yet.
The losers?
Slum dwellers in areas like Ambedkar Nagar, Chhend Colony, Pradhan Colony, Dhamra Basti, Haripur Basti, Malgodam, Koel Bank, and more.
The RMC had even identified 6,100 people in 55 slums on the land of the Rourkela Steel Plant for EWS units. But those folks continue to live like the prawns in District 9. But nothing came out of it.
Rays of hope?
RMC is hoping for AHP-1 to take off soon, with or without SpaceX's support. The other hope is a 2017 Chhend Colony RDA project with 500 units, where 50% of the work is done and completion is expected soon. This is the first one in Rourkela under the 2015 Policy for Housing for All in Urban Areas.