Delhi to go ahead with KISS project
1 Feb 2013 7:25 AM IST
Delhi Cabinet on Thursday decided to go ahead with its proposed partnership with a private educational body to provide free ‘quality education to the SC/OBC/minorities and orphans’.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the government has approved setting up of a residential school for these categories in Delhi, in collaboration with Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneshwar.
The chief minister claimed the society has been successfully operating a school for thousands of tribal students to provide them free quality education with specially devised techniques in order to make them educationally forward.
The school would be set-up at Ishapur and would impart education to 1,200 students. The school would have Classes I-XII. Age of admission in Class 1 would be six years and annual family income would be as per EWS specifications, said the chief minister.
The city government would bear the cost of imparting education at the rate of Rs 5,000 per month per child in school for five years. Afterwards, the society would take care of all expenses.
KISS will operate, maintain and manage the school for a period of 15 years on no profit no loss basis, as per terms and conditions mentioned in an memorandum of understanding, said a government statement and added there would a governing body comprising the chief secretary and other principal secretaries to take major policy decisions. The school would be affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Meanwhile, Delhi government also decided to install fire safety infrastructure in 441 schools run by it at a cost of Rs 112 crore.
A proposal to this effect was cleared by a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
‘The government is committed to provide fire safety in all government schools. The Cabinet today decided to entrust fire safety provisions in 441 government school buildings,’ said Dikshit after the cabinet.
Officials said the all required fire safety provisions including fire alarm, fire escape measures and fire fighting systems will be provided to schools as part of the project.
They said PWD has installed fire safety provisions in 241 schools and work is under progress in other 20 schools.
RELOCATION OF JJ CLUSTERS TO BE SIMPLIFIED
Delhi government on Thursday relaxed norms to facilitate housing accommodation for majority of slum dwellers under its slum rehabilitation policy. The decision to ease the norms to benefit slum dwellers was taken at a cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
As per the cabinet decision, families which settled in a slum cluster not later than 4 June 2009 would be eligible to get low-cost government flats. Earlier, the cut-off date was 31 March 2007. The cabinet also decided to rehabilitate people squatting on spaces marked as right of way (RoW) for government projects such as roads and flyovers.
As per existing norms, such squatters are not eligible for any rehabilitation by the government. Those squatting on the right of way will be rehabilitated provided they fulfill specific conditions, officials said. ‘The cabinet approved a simplified and liberal guidelines for relocation of slum clusters as recommended by a Group of Ministers,’ Dikshit said after the cabinet meeting. There are 685 slum clusters in the city, out of which 352 have come up on land owned by DDA while 333 slums have come up on land owned by Delhi government, railways, CPWD, NDMC, MCD, Cantonment Board and CPWD.
Officials said the government has decided to remove any slum cluster only after receipt of financial contribution of land owning agency for construction of low-cost flats. Dikshit said around 15,000 flats are ready for distribution and the process for their allotment among slum dwellers will start soon. The flats were built by Delhi State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) in Bawana, Narela and Bhorgah area with financial assistance from the Union Urban Development Ministry under the JNURM scheme. The slum dwellers from SC and ST community will get the flats free of cost as Delhi government has already decided to waive the fee of Rs 60,000 for them.
The cost of each of the 15,000 flats has been estimated at Rs 3.34 lakh, out of which the contribution of Delhi government and union government is Rs 62,000 and Rs 1.19 lakh respectively while the share of the land owning agency is Rs 93,000. The contribution of the beneficiary has been fixed at around Rs 60,000.
Construction of most of the 15,000 flats were completed almost three years ago but they could not be distributed due to procedural delays.
To make the city slum-free, the government has already decided to construct around 70,000 low-cost flats for slum dwellers. Officials said 15,000 flats will be distributed among residents of slums which have come up on land owned by Delhi government and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB).
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the government has approved setting up of a residential school for these categories in Delhi, in collaboration with Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneshwar.
The chief minister claimed the society has been successfully operating a school for thousands of tribal students to provide them free quality education with specially devised techniques in order to make them educationally forward.
The school would be set-up at Ishapur and would impart education to 1,200 students. The school would have Classes I-XII. Age of admission in Class 1 would be six years and annual family income would be as per EWS specifications, said the chief minister.
The city government would bear the cost of imparting education at the rate of Rs 5,000 per month per child in school for five years. Afterwards, the society would take care of all expenses.
KISS will operate, maintain and manage the school for a period of 15 years on no profit no loss basis, as per terms and conditions mentioned in an memorandum of understanding, said a government statement and added there would a governing body comprising the chief secretary and other principal secretaries to take major policy decisions. The school would be affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Meanwhile, Delhi government also decided to install fire safety infrastructure in 441 schools run by it at a cost of Rs 112 crore.
A proposal to this effect was cleared by a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
‘The government is committed to provide fire safety in all government schools. The Cabinet today decided to entrust fire safety provisions in 441 government school buildings,’ said Dikshit after the cabinet.
Officials said the all required fire safety provisions including fire alarm, fire escape measures and fire fighting systems will be provided to schools as part of the project.
They said PWD has installed fire safety provisions in 241 schools and work is under progress in other 20 schools.
RELOCATION OF JJ CLUSTERS TO BE SIMPLIFIED
Delhi government on Thursday relaxed norms to facilitate housing accommodation for majority of slum dwellers under its slum rehabilitation policy. The decision to ease the norms to benefit slum dwellers was taken at a cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
As per the cabinet decision, families which settled in a slum cluster not later than 4 June 2009 would be eligible to get low-cost government flats. Earlier, the cut-off date was 31 March 2007. The cabinet also decided to rehabilitate people squatting on spaces marked as right of way (RoW) for government projects such as roads and flyovers.
As per existing norms, such squatters are not eligible for any rehabilitation by the government. Those squatting on the right of way will be rehabilitated provided they fulfill specific conditions, officials said. ‘The cabinet approved a simplified and liberal guidelines for relocation of slum clusters as recommended by a Group of Ministers,’ Dikshit said after the cabinet meeting. There are 685 slum clusters in the city, out of which 352 have come up on land owned by DDA while 333 slums have come up on land owned by Delhi government, railways, CPWD, NDMC, MCD, Cantonment Board and CPWD.
Officials said the government has decided to remove any slum cluster only after receipt of financial contribution of land owning agency for construction of low-cost flats. Dikshit said around 15,000 flats are ready for distribution and the process for their allotment among slum dwellers will start soon. The flats were built by Delhi State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) in Bawana, Narela and Bhorgah area with financial assistance from the Union Urban Development Ministry under the JNURM scheme. The slum dwellers from SC and ST community will get the flats free of cost as Delhi government has already decided to waive the fee of Rs 60,000 for them.
The cost of each of the 15,000 flats has been estimated at Rs 3.34 lakh, out of which the contribution of Delhi government and union government is Rs 62,000 and Rs 1.19 lakh respectively while the share of the land owning agency is Rs 93,000. The contribution of the beneficiary has been fixed at around Rs 60,000.
Construction of most of the 15,000 flats were completed almost three years ago but they could not be distributed due to procedural delays.
To make the city slum-free, the government has already decided to construct around 70,000 low-cost flats for slum dwellers. Officials said 15,000 flats will be distributed among residents of slums which have come up on land owned by Delhi government and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB).
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