Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday distributed work orders to 11,228 beneficiaries under the Beneficiary-led Construction programme of the ABAAS, the Odisha Urban Housing Mission, here at a function at the State Secretariat.
The Government has set a target of providing 50,000 houses in 2016-17 and 1 lakh houses in 2017-18 to the economically-backward people.
As many as 23,843 beneficiaries have been selected in 40 urban bodies of 27 districts under the mission in 2016-17. These apart, 11,548 houses have been approved for construction in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela through the Affordable Housing Project.
The housing mission supplement the Central scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)/‘Housing for All’ that proposes to make houses available to all urban poor. Beneficiary-led Construction is an important pillar of such housing scheme, through which an economically backward family can avail Rs 2 lakh financial aid for construction of house on 3,000 square feet area.