Housing scheme for construction workers

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The state government will build three rental housing projects for construction labourers. The low-rent accommodation will have a total of 400 beds. The projects will come up at three locations: Kharavel Nagar, Sampur and Chandrasekharpur. A 200-bed project will come up on one acre of land at Kharavel Nagar at an estimated cost of Rs 4.5 crore. The other two will have 100 beds each at an estimated cost of Rs 5.5 crore on 2.6 acres of land.