The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, HUPA has approved construction of over 37,000 houses for the urban poor in Karnataka and Haryana with central assistance of Rs 569 crore.<br/><br/>The inter-ministerial Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee, chaired by HUPA Secretary Nandita Mukherjee, yesterday approved the project.<br/><br/>The total investment in construction of these houses would be to the tune of about 1,491 crore.<br/><br/>Over 36,000 houses for the economically weaker sections would be constructed in Karnataka with an investment of Rs 1,468 crore and 759 houses would be built in Haryana at a cost of Rs 23 crore an official release said.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, HUPA has approved construction of over 37,000 houses for the urban poor in Karnataka and Haryana with central assistance of Rs 569 crore.<br/><br/>The inter-ministerial Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee, chaired by HUPA Secretary Nandita Mukherjee, yesterday approved the project.<br/><br/>The total investment in construction of these houses would be to the tune of about 1,491 crore. <br/><br/>Over 36,000 houses for the economically weaker sections would be constructed in Karnataka with an investment of Rs 1,468 crore and 759 houses would be built in Haryana at a cost of Rs 23 crore an official release said.