Pardeshi held two separate meeting with the office bearers of the Union Urban Development Ministry and Housing Department in Delhi.

The first meeting was held with union secretary for housing Kiran Dhingra and JNNURM Mission director P K Mohanty. “The BSUP project is aimed at providing houses to those who do not have access to sanitation and drainage facilities. Earlier, in order to provide houses to the urban poor, ‘Valmiki Ambedkar Housing Scheme’ had been implemented. However, under this new scheme, rehabilitation of kachha houses, which do not have independent toilets, will be done. Those urban poor, who did not benefit from the earlier scheme, will now be covered,” Pardeshi said.

Tenements will be constructed on the government lands. It will take into account slum pockets all over the city, including Gandhinagar, Subhashnagar, Yashwantnagar, Laxminagar, Rasta Peth, Marketyard, Bhimnagar, Bharatnagar and Shastrinagar.

The second meeting was held with the urban development secretary Dr Ramchandran and P K Srivastava.