Objective: The scheme aims to provide pucca dwelling houses to the permanent tea garden workers of closed/sick tea gardens, who do not have pucca houses of their own, by way of allotment through construction of dwelling units on lands in the tea gardens. Housing Department is constructing the dwelling units. The concerned District Magistrates prepared the verified list of the prospective beneficiaries in consultation with Labour Department..

In Phase-I, construction of 1,171 single storied dwelling units in 06 sites covering 4 Tea Gardens Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts was completed in December 2022 out of the State Fund and inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal on 19/01/2023.

In Phase-II, construction of 2851 single storied dwelling units in 11 sites covering 6 Tea Gardens in Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts was completed in phases between January-June 2025. In this phase, each single storied dwelling unit is being provided with land admeasuring approx. 360 sq. ft. adjacent to the house for cattle rearing.

Facilities: Single-storied units (394 sq. ft.) featuring two rooms, one kitchen, one toilet, and a verandah with durable CGI sheet roofing. Offsite infrastructure like electricity, water supply and social infrastructure are being provided by the concerned departments like Irrigation, WBSEDCL, PHE, etc.

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CS Meeting-I - CHAA SUNDARI HOUSING SCHEME	PDF
CS Meeting-II - CHAA SUNDARI HOUSING SCHEME	PDF
Notification - CHAA SUNDARI HOUSING SCHEME	PDF