NGO to build 6,000 houses for CWG-displaced
August 11th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A charity organisation of non-resident Indians in the US plans to build 6,000 houses for Delhi slum dwellers, especially those displaced by the Commonwealth Games projects, it was announced here Wednesday.
“Most of the beneficiaries are people displaced by the projects of the coming Commonwealth Games,” Robin Raina Foundation (RRF) founder Robin Raina told reporters.
The RRF will also provide basic needs like food, education and medicines to the occupants, he added.
Raina said the total expenditure on the charity project, to be set up at Bawana in north-west Delhi, will be Rs.75 crore (about $16 million).
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