Meet lower income group housing target, directs Lucknow Development Authority

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Development Authority has asked the integrated and hi-tech townships in the state capital to meet the target of constructing houses for the economically weaker section(EWS) and the lower income group(LIG). Speaking to reporters, LDA vice-chairman, Rajneesh Dubey said that the townships did not meet the target as per the norms.
"Now they have been asked to construct houses in the EWS and LIG category and meet the due target by next year," he said.
LDA sources said that some of the townships had though constructed these houses but allotted them through their own market driven mechanism.
Dubey said that the LDA would now be placing strict norms and procedures to ensure that needy get the houses in these townships.
Dubey said that the LDA would also be speeding up increase its land bank and resolve all the contentious issues pertaining to land acquisition.