Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has proposed to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), to insert the energy conservation guidelines as a mandatory clause for adherence in its bylaws.

Identification of beneficiaries done through Gram Sabhas

The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD and PR) Department would construct a total of 1,497 solar-powered green houses for below poverty line families in Coimbatore district during the current financial year. Work is on in 12 blocks of the district especially in villages such as Vellamadai, AS Kulam, Keeramathur in SS Kulam and Malumichampatti and Palathurai in Madukkarai. Under this scheme, Rs.1.80 lakh will be allotted for each beneficiary by the State Government, of which Rs.30,000 is for purchasing solar-powered home lighting system.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday inaugurated “Akshay Urja Bhawan” constructed at a cost of Rs 11 crore in Sector 17, Panchkula.

Of the total number of green buildings that have come up in the whole of India, only 0.58 per cent of them have been built in northern India.

Punjab will bring in a new housing policy by the middle of next month to attract more investments for its real estate sector, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said here on Thursday.

Beneficiaries to be finalised at Gram Sabha meetings

As many as 2,094 beneficiaries from below poverty line (BPL) families are being allotted the Chief Minister’s Solar Powered Green Houses in all the 10 panchayat unions in the district, Collector Pooja Kulkarni said here on Tuesday. Addressing reporters, she said that of the target of 2,104 houses, 2,009 green houses fitted with Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) panels were completed in the previous financial year (2011-12) at Rs. 31 crore.