Governor suggests book room in houses
The Hindu
Builders made aware of SOPs and checklists
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan suggested the real estate industry to consider having an exclusive room for books while designing houses, just like they advertise for two or three bedroom houses.
“House is not just something built with bricks and pillars. It is a dream of the common man and builders are the constructors of those dreams. I wish the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) - Telangana takes up this initiative and plan the construction of houses in innovative ways,” she said on Thursday.
The Governor was addressing the first conclave of CREDAI TS, where builders were made aware of the Standard Operating Procedures and checklists to ensure adherence to the mandated norms. Abook on the theme was also released by special chief secretary Arvind Kumar

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