The Cabinet today gave its approval to the Ministry of Urban Development for the construction of approximately 4550 residential houses for government employees. This will be in place of existing 2231 old houses. The new houses will be modern, seismologically sound and technically advanced.The Cabinet also approved up gradation of Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur to an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, IIEST, Shibpur at Howrah, West Bengal. This will be a five years project with a total cost of over 592 crore rupees.