Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
TV9 Network is brainstorming on important topics related to real estate and urban planning in a special conclave on Tuesday. This stage is set up in Hotel Hyatt Regency located in Delhi, whose name is Buniyaad Bharatvarsha. Former Chief Minister of Haryana and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar participated in this program. During this he said that in today’s time urbanization is happening rapidly. 60 percent of the population is living in cities and 40 percent in villages.
He said that by 2047 the population of villages and cities will be 50-50 percent. At present there are 5020 small and big cities in the country. There are 140 billion plus. Big cities have different types of problems, but the way the attraction towards cities has increased, they will be rectified. On rising house prices in cities, Khattar said that these are market driven things in which the government does not have such a big role.
He said that the government is building houses for the poor. One crore houses have been built in the cities and one crore houses are going to be built. Affordable housing schemes are running. Housing is demand driven. The government is thinking that apart from the old cities, some new cities should also be built.
DDA’s health has to be maintained – Khattar
On the schemes of DDA, the Union Minister said that every institution has to maintain its health. DDA had come into loss. Due to this, the remaining inventory was started being sold at market price. However, DDA is also building cheap houses. At the same time, on the question of transit oriented development, he said that it means that where the means of transportation are good and houses should be built along the roads and metros and public transport system should be implemented. For this people do not need their vehicles. Guidelines have been made in this regard and work is being done on them.
What did Khattar say on the pollution of Delhi-NCR?
On the pollution of Delhi-NCR, Union Minister Khattar said that the smoke that is visible during winter was once felt as fog. As soon as pollution occurred, it became smog. The pace of pollution has increased along with our development. A lot of construction is being done, diesel and petrol vehicles have increased, industries have increased and stubble also plays a role, hence work is being done wherever there is a need to reduce pollution. Now the cases of stubble burning in Haryana have reduced to only one or two percent. People have stopped burning 99 percent stubble.