surat while the surat municipal corporation smc has won accolades under the jawaharlal nehru national urban renewal mission jnnurm scheme for constructing tens of thousands of houses for the economically weaker sections the opposition leaders have demanded that the civic body should launch an affordable housing scheme for the middleclass in the city the opposition leaders have said that the civic body must work on the lines of the maharashtra housing and area development authority mhada for constructing affordable houses for the lower income and middleclass in the city the reason being that the real estate prices in the city have skyrocketed and it is near impossible for certain section of residents in the city to afford a quality house babu rayka leader of opposition said today the prices of real estate in the developing areas is between rs 2000 per square feet to rs 4000 square feet even a 2 bhk apartment would cost anything between rs 30 lakh to rs 40 lakh the lower income and middle class residents are not in the position to afford the house thus the civic body should launch a project for providing affordable houses on loan agreement apart from this the opposition has demanded that the civic body should set up the facility of airconditioned guest for the residents in each and every ward of the city allotment of land to the municipal councilors for constructing their houses an over bridge at kavi narmad library at ghod dod road etc