Construction of 2.3 lakh houses sanctioned under PMAY-U in NE States in 4 yrs : Puri

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New Delhi : Union Minister of State(I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri has said that construction of more than 2.3 lakh houses have been sanctioned for the Urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas yojana (PMAY-Urban) in the North-Eastern States during the last 4 years.

About 1.16 lakh houses have already been grounded for construction. Almost 100% of house demand in Tripura has been sanctioned. Reviewing the progress of Urban Missions in the North-Eastern States here on December 1, 2018, Puri informed that this approval needs to be seen in the context of 26,041 houses which were sanctioned during ten years between 2004-14 under JNNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana. Out of the houses sanctioned during 2004-14, only 21,159 houses were constructed and the remaining 4,892 houses are under construction. Central Assistance amounting to Rs 3,570 crore has been sanctioned and Rs 1,520 crore released during the last 4 years as against Rs 683 crore sanctioned and Rs 586 crore released during 2004-2014, he added.

Under PMAY(Urban), the government provides an assistance in the range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.67 lakh to each beneficiary under different verticals. Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and Senior officials from all the North-Eastern states besides Mission Directors in the Ministry participated at the 2-day review of the missions.

The review exercise was undertaken in several sessions spread over 2 days and covered implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart City Mission, all launched on June 25, 2015, according to a PIB release.