RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Oct.19: The Jharkhand State Housing Board will start fencing work around 306-acre land provided to it near the new assembly building within 10 days.
Executive engineer Sanjeev Kumar informed to Lagatar24.com saying after the fencing work gets completed a consultant will be appointed for project planning.
“The consultant will prepare a detailed project plan and then development work will be started,” executive engineer Kumar said.
As the work starts, the housing board, which has so far developed colonies in Harmu, Argora, Bariatu, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad, will get an opportunity to develop a residential colony.
An official at the urban development department said that the government is committed to the expansion of Ranchi in days to come.
“Apart from the development of smart cities in over 656-acre areas in Dhurwa, it has started taking initiative for the development of other parts of the district. Providing land to the housing board is a step in that direction,’ the official said.
Department secretary Vinay Kumar Choubey during an investors’ meet at a city hotel, already declared that the first mover will be benefited.
He, while asking investors to invest in a smart city, had said that Ranchi will expand towards Hatia, Tupudana and Pundag and made it clear the first mover will be in an advantageous position. He said that Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Amity University, State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank besides Shri Krishna Institute of Public Administration will be shifted in the area.
