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NAGPUR: As many as 4,000 new affordable houses will be constructed under the Smart City project.The Rs201-crore proposal was approved on Thursday by the board of directors of Smart City special purpose vehicle, Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL), which is headed by additional chief secretary to CM Praveen Pardeshi.Of this, 3,000 affordable houses will be constructed through public private partnership. The remaining 1,000 houses, which will be constructed by NSSCDCL and will be used to rehabilitate project-affected people.The work of issuing tenders is in progress and will be issued shortly, said chief executive officer of NSSCDCL, Ramnath Sonwane. The board also gave nod to adopt the logo of NSSCDCL.MLA Krishna Khopde, mayor Nanda Jickar, standing committee chairman Virendra Kukreja, district collector Ashwin Mudgal, municipal commissioner Virendra Singh, BSP leader and corporator Mohammed Jamal, corporator Mangala Gaware and others attended the board meeting..