Gujarat has become the first state in the country to take up Public-Private Partnership Projects for in-situ redevelopment of slums in urban areas under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban). The inter-ministerial Central Screening and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of the Ministry of HUPA chaired by Dr.Nandita Chatterjee, Secretary(HUPA) has approved 30 PPP Projects proposed by Gujarat Government for rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Ahmedabd, Surat, Rajkota and Vadodara.

A total of 17,580 new dwelling units will be constructed for slum dwellers living on government lands in these four cities of Gujarat by private developers. The Union Government will provide an assistance of about Rs.176 crore @ Rs.1.00 lakh per house to be built. Land will be monetized for meeting the remaining cost of slum rehabilitation projects and consequently, slum dwellers will get new houses with all amenities free of cost.

The Ministry of HUPA has so far approved construction of 4,23,415 houses for urban poor in 243 cities in 11 States across the country, for which the Union Government will provide an assistance of Rs.5,900 crore.