Home Minister Narottam Mishra distributed cheques worth Rs 1.20 crore to 120 families in Datia under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for construction of houses.
He said that the residents of Datia had to wait for a long time for the first installment but this would not be repeated. They will get soon the second installment, but before that every beneficiary will have to spend the amount of first installment in house construction and submit a utility certificate.
Cheques were distributed to Lakshmi Kori, Kamal Kishore, Narmada Raikwar, Ramesh Tiwari, Sheela Vanskar and other beneficiaries during the programme.
Minister Mishra said that in the coming days, action will be taken to provide funds for construction of houses by providing land to all the people living in kuchcha houses in Datia under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. This will enable them to fulfill their age-old dream of living in their own concrete houses.
During the programme, 53 tribal women held discussion with Mishra and urged him to grant them permanent resident’s certificate. Mishra instructed the officials concerned to take necessary action to provide permanent certificates.
Among those present in the programme included Subhash Agarwal, Yogesh Saxena, Prashant Dhengula, Atul Bhure Choudhary and other officials, dignitaries, public representatives and beneficiaries.