It is like a dream for a poor person to own a pucca house. Most of the time the poor person struggles to make both the ends meet. Chamanlal, a resident of village Nandora of tahisl Kirnapur district Balaghat is among the persons who availed benefit of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and now owns a pucca house which has facility of pucca toilet.
Chamanlal belongs to the scheduled caste category. His family consisting of aged parents and seven members used to reside in kuchcha house earlier which he managed to build with great pain.
later on, he came to know about the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural) of the Union Government. Authorities have said that they have taken it as a mission to provide home to everybody.
He interacted with the officers of Janpad Panchayat Kirnapur in this regard and later on got detail information about the scheme from the employment assistant. With the help of the employment assistant, he completed the government formalities and got his name included in the list. Chamanlal received a sum of Rs 40 thousand as first installment and later on received two more installments of Rs 45 thousand each.
He also cooperated in construction of the house along with other labourers.
Today Chamanlal’s house is ready in which he is residing happily with his family members. Chamanlal says that Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has proved like a light in the darkness in his life which has enhanced his prestige in the village. He also said that this Yojna has made a wonderful change in his life.