The BJP on Monday announced to stage State-wide protests from July 7 to 9 alleging gross irregularities in the allotment of pucca houses in the State under the PM Awas Yojana (PMAY). The party alleged a massive scam of Rs 1,000 crore in the PMAY in the State.
At a Press meet here, BJP State president Samir Mohanty said, “The BJP will hold a mass movement across the State to expose the State Government’s involvement in massive corruption in the rural housing scheme that has come to light after a Central team revealed it in its report.” Mohanty alleged that pucca houses were allotted to the ineligible beneficiaries in Tangi of Khordha district. Similarly, funds under the scheme have been granted to the people in Niali block for construction of cow sheds. Plaques mentioning Biju Pucca Ghara Yojana have been installed on the wall of the houses built under central housing scheme, Mohanty alleged. He further said that funds have been forwarded to the bank accounts of 98,562 beneficiaries by the BDOs through manual override in a soft data base. Most of the houses are constructed with inferior quality materials with no windows, doors and toilets. Many houses are yet to get the floorings and other works, he said. As many as nine districts have received no work order for the pucca houses while Jharsuguda district got only four houses, he alleged.
“As many as 19 districts are rain-wind-affected where Rs 1.30 lakh is being provided per house and Rs 1.20 lakh in the rest of the districts. If the cost of one unit is Rs 1.20 lakh and irregularities in allotment of 1 lakh houses have come to fore, corruption to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore is quite clear in the housing scheme in State,” Mohanty alleged.