The Central Government has made a provision of Rs66.65 crore for Haryana under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna for the year 2016-17. A meeting of State-level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban was held under Chief Secretary DS Dhesi in this regard on Thursday.
While the Central Government would contribute Rs40 crore, Haryana’s share would be Rs26.65 crore, said an official spokesman.
During the meeting, the committee approved a project to construct 759 dwelling units under the scheme for the families belonging to Economically Weaker Section and low Income Groups in district Yamunanagar. A sum of Rs22 crore would be spent on this project.
Apart from this, Rs8.13 crore are approved to strengthen urban local bodies and undertake training and various other activities.
It was informed that Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna would be implemented in the State in two phases. In the first phase, nine districts namely Faridabad, Karnal, Hisar, Rohtak, Yamunanagar, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Panipat and Sirsa have been included, he said.
As many as 759 dwelling units would be constructed in 11 slum areas of Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar under Beneficiary led Construction (BlC) component of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna. A provision of toilet, kitchen and bathroom has been made in all houses under the project. A sum of Rs three lakh would be spent construction of each house out of which, Rs1.50 lakh would be contributed by the Central Government, Rs1 lakh by the State Government and remaining Rs50,000 would be borne by the beneficiary. The amount of financial assistance to the beneficiary would be given in three instalments, said the spokesman.