Somanna promises additional 3,500 houses for Dharwad

Minister for Housing V. Somanna has said that additionally 3,500 houses for urban areas and 1,300 houses for rural areas of Dharwad district would be sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Minister for Housing V. Somanna has said that additionally 3,500 houses for the urban areas and 1,300 houses for rural areas of Dharwad district would be sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).

He was performing ‘bhoomi puja’ along with Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi for the construction of 235 houses under PMAY at Kundagol town in Dharwad district on Saturday. The Minister said that already 4,075 houses had been sanctioned to urban and rural areas of the district under PMAY.

Mr. Somanna said that the slums in Kundagol town would be developed in such a way as to become a model to the entire State.

The Minister also said that while the Union Government had sanctioned 18 lakh houses to the State in the current year, the State Government had so far constructed 5 lakh houses.

He said that the financial assistance would be directly credited to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Already steps had been taken to check leasing out houses sanctioned under government schemes, he said.

He pointed out that already the annual income limit of the beneficiaries had been increased to ₹1.2 lakh. This apart, a total of 6,600 residential plots had been purchased by the Housing Ministry and allocated to the poor.