Kalmadi's poll promise: 1-BHK for middle-income grps
PUNE, The bait is getting more and more attractive in these Lok Sabha elections. Rice at Rs 3 per kg and film star Chiranjee-vi's LPG at Rs 100 are passe. Now the Congress candidate in Pune, Suresh Kalmadi is promising cheap one BHK flats for the middle income group if he is voted to power ,apart from 350 square feet pucca houses for slum dwellers in the city.
"My manifesto will be declared soon and I will be giving out details in these. But there are many ceiling lands that could be used for such projects," he told reporters at his first press conference after being given the party ticket to contest the Pune Lok Sabha seat. What he plans to do is release lands in reserved zones that have been blocked for long because of the ULC and use these for such projects. The slum dwellers and the middle income group have always voted for me and I should not forget them, he said. Meanwhile, his rival, builder-turned-politician DS Kulkarni, who has thrown his hat into the ring and is contesting on a BSP ticket, has promised 450 square feet units to city slumdwellers.
Kalmadi, who claimed to have played an instrumental role in bringing Rs 2,500 crore worth grants to Pune under the JNNURM scheme said of this, Rs 395 crore had been sanctioned for rehabilitation and slum development. "Pune was the first city in the country to kick off the project. An additional Rs476crore will be coming for the first phase of the project," he said. Kalmadi is the Congress-NCP-RPI consensus candidate for the Pune seat. Besides slum rehabilitation, he said improving public transport would be a priority area. "We could not bring the sky bus to Pune but have brought BRT to the city. Now we plan to bring the metro and monorail projecthere,hesaid.
Denying any kind of faction-ism within the party, Kalmadi said he was very happy with the situation. "Everybody is entitled to ask for a ticket. Now that the party has given the ticket to me, I am sure, they will work with me," he said. Admitting to some ups and downs with district guardian minister Ajit Pawar in the past, Kalmadi said there had been no major controversies of late. I will manage things, don't worry, he told reporters. This time the city is headed for a six-cornered contest with independent Arun Bhatia, BJP candidate Anil Shirole, builder-turned-politician contesting on a BSP ticket and Ranjit Shirole contesting on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) ticket.
Source:The Financial Express
"My manifesto will be declared soon and I will be giving out details in these. But there are many ceiling lands that could be used for such projects," he told reporters at his first press conference after being given the party ticket to contest the Pune Lok Sabha seat. What he plans to do is release lands in reserved zones that have been blocked for long because of the ULC and use these for such projects. The slum dwellers and the middle income group have always voted for me and I should not forget them, he said. Meanwhile, his rival, builder-turned-politician DS Kulkarni, who has thrown his hat into the ring and is contesting on a BSP ticket, has promised 450 square feet units to city slumdwellers.
Kalmadi, who claimed to have played an instrumental role in bringing Rs 2,500 crore worth grants to Pune under the JNNURM scheme said of this, Rs 395 crore had been sanctioned for rehabilitation and slum development. "Pune was the first city in the country to kick off the project. An additional Rs476crore will be coming for the first phase of the project," he said. Kalmadi is the Congress-NCP-RPI consensus candidate for the Pune seat. Besides slum rehabilitation, he said improving public transport would be a priority area. "We could not bring the sky bus to Pune but have brought BRT to the city. Now we plan to bring the metro and monorail projecthere,hesaid.
Denying any kind of faction-ism within the party, Kalmadi said he was very happy with the situation. "Everybody is entitled to ask for a ticket. Now that the party has given the ticket to me, I am sure, they will work with me," he said. Admitting to some ups and downs with district guardian minister Ajit Pawar in the past, Kalmadi said there had been no major controversies of late. I will manage things, don't worry, he told reporters. This time the city is headed for a six-cornered contest with independent Arun Bhatia, BJP candidate Anil Shirole, builder-turned-politician contesting on a BSP ticket and Ranjit Shirole contesting on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) ticket.
Source:The Financial Express
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