T.K. Sreedevi received the HUDCO Award

Telangana government’s innovative initiatives in the housing sector and the Municipal Administration wing has been recognised at the national level, with the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, giving away awards to the best performing departments on the occasion of HUDCO’s 48th foundation day celebrations in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The Housing Department has bagged two awards, one for its housing designs and layouts, – it had to compete with the private sector and was the only government wing across the country to have got the recognition – which comes with a cash award of ?one lakh, and the second award for the novel steps taken to give a filip to the two-bedroom scheme.

Special Chief Secretary (Housing) Chitra Ramachandran along with Chief Engineer Satyamurthy and GHMC Additional Commissioner Bharati H took the HUDCO award on behalf of the Telangana State Housing Corporation Ltd. for its outstanding contribution to the 2-bedroom housing scheme.

Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration T.K. Sreedevi received the HUDCO Award for Best Practices for ‘Use of GIS technology and Land Property Mapping for Revenue Improvement’. Ms. Sreedevi received the award from the HUDCO chairman and managing director M. Ravi Kanth.

Both the awards come with a cash prize of ?1 lakh each, along with the citation.