Awards for KHB, RGRHC and Nirmiti Kendra

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, APRIL 23. The Karnataka Housing Board (KHB), the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation (RGRHC) and a Nirmiti Kendra in the State have bagged four awards for commendable performance, given by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) on the occasion of its annual day.

The Minister for Housing, Mr. Qamar-ul-Islam, told presspersons here on Monday that the recognition bestowed on the housing agencies in the State was an indicator of the good work being done by the Government in the field of housing.

The Housing Board, some years ago, was on the verge of closure owing to financial bankruptcy, and the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation is a relatively new organisation formed for constructing houses for the poor under various schemes. The awards have made the Government proud.

The Minister said that the Housing Board had been given the award for good financial management and implementation of a restructuring plan that had given a new lease of life to the Housing Board. The Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation, in the first year of formation, had constructed 1.5 lakh houses out of a target of two lakh houses.

The Commissioner of the Housing Board, Mr. Arvind Jadhav, and the Managing Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation, Mr. N. Sivasailam, would receive the awards from the Union Minister for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Mr. Jagmohan, at a function to be held in New Delhi on Wednesday. The Nirmiti Kendra at Raichur and Koppal had also bagged awards for construction of houses for the poor in their respective areas.

Mr. Islam, who is also overseeing his party's preparations for the election to the Gulbarga City Municipal Corporation, said Mr. Zaheer Ahmed of the Congress had unanimously won the election. The Congress was confident of bagging at least 40 seats in the Gulbarga Corporation, he added.

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