104 REDRH houses inaugurated across Sikkim in one day

GANGTOK, 10 Oct [IPR]: A total of 104 houses under Reconstruction of Earthquake Damage Rural Houses (REDRH) Project were inaugurated on 09 October throughout the state. This inauguration was specially held so that the earthquake victims could move into their new houses ahead of the Dasain festival.
The REDRH project covers the reconstruction of the 7,972 earthquake damaged rural houses for the victims of the devastating 18 September, 2011 earthquake with a funding support of Rs 4.89 lakh per house. A total of 503 new houses were earlier inaugurated on 18 September, 2013 all over the state. The philosophy of Build Back Better has been the guiding strategy for this project. The homeowner-driven implementation model has been adopted and it has helped to establish a sense of ownership and identity. An efficient and transparent mechanism to ensure that beneficiary selection, stock material management, physical progress monitoring and simplification of the technical element has also been established. Also, many more houses will be completed in the months to come.

CMRHM house inaugurated in Upper Dzongu

MANGAN, 10 Oct:  A newly constructed CMRHM house has been inaugurated at Namprik in Upper Dzongu, under Tingvong GPU in North Sikkim. The Power minister cum area MLA Dzongu inaugurated the new house belonging to Lhakit Lepcha and officially handed it over to the beneficiary.  Also present in the inaugural function were Zilla member, Chungden Lepcha, ward panchayat and officials from BAC Passingdong, Dzongu.

30 REDRH houses inaugurated in South district

RAVANGLA, 09 Oct: Thirty homes constructed under the Reconstruction of Earthquake Damaged Rural Houses [REDRH] project funded by the Prime Minister’s special package for Sikkim were inaugurated in South Sikkim today. These houses came under the combined jurisdiction of Additional District Collector (Development), Namchi and Ravangla, an official press release informs.
The houses were handed over to the beneficiaries affected by the earthquake of 18 September, 2011.  Ten houses at Temi Gram Vikas Kendra were handed over by the area MLA BS Pant while Sonam Gyatso, the Barfung MLA, inaugurated 4 houses completed under Ravangla GVK.
Similarly, the South Upadhakshya Devi Maya Baraily handed over seven houses under Namthang GVK while Zilla Panchayat and Gram Panchayat members inaugurated 5 houses under Sumbuk GVK, 3 houses under Sikkip GVK and one house at Namchi GVK.    
With this, the number of houses completed under the REDRH scheme in South Sikkim has reached 266.
GVA Rabong, Sangam Rai informed that out of 137 REDRH constructions under Rabong GVK, a total of 37 houses have been completed and 70 houses are in the final stage while the remaining houses are at second and first stage of construction.
The beneficiaries also thanked the MLA and Chief Minister for the scheme.