Maharashtra Planning, Low-Cost Houses, For Mumbai Mill Workers

Maharashtra Planning Low-Cost Houses For Mumbai Mill Workers,

Mumbai, May 1 As Maharashtra turned 52 Tuesday, the government said it would provide low-cost housing to mill workers and free houses to kin of mill workers who died during struggle for a state for Marathi-speaking people.

The government has decided to provide 6,948 houses to mill workers at reduced and affordable rates, at Rs.7,50,000 in multi-storeyed buildings. The government will also give free houses to the survivors of the mill workers who lost their lives in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement,Governor K. Sankaranarayanan said at a function held to mark the states 52nd anniversary here.

Maharashtra's 52nd anniversary coincides with the birth centenary of the state's first chief minister Y. B. Chavan and the International Labour Day or May Day.

Maharashtra Planning Low-Cost Houses For Mumbai Mill Workers

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other ministers attended the function.

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