Bhubaneswar: The urban development authority has initiated the process to execute two more rental housing complexes here to accommodate the city's construction workers.

The projects will come up at Chandrasekharpur and Sampur and the Bhubaneswar Development Authority has invited bidders to present plans. The complexes will have 100 beds each and cost an estimated Rs 4.53 crore.

The complexes will provide quality living to construction workers. The boarders of the complexes will have to share the facility and pay a minimum rent to the government. The facility will be more like a hostel with a common canteen and other such amenities, sources said.

"We have already identified the locations for the project based on a feasibility report and invited bidders to provide us a detailed execution plan. We hope to float the final tender within the next four months," said a development authority official.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for the first such project at Kharavela Nagar on International Labour Day on May 1. The housing complex at Kharavela Nagar will have 200 beds and be executed under the Kutumb scheme.

The rental housing complex is a unique project that is being executed in the two smart cities - Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. The state plans to extend it to other cities at a later date.

"We are coming up with more people-centric projects such as the affordable housing and rental housing for the urban poor. We have already initiated the process to execute five affordable housing projects in the city, mainly for slum-dwellers. The rental housing complex is one such effort," said mayor Ananta Narayan Jena.