The State Government on Thursday claimed that over 12.18 lakh houses were constructed for rural poor under different rural housing schemes during the last four years till the first week of August 2017.
An official release said this was revealed at a meeting of district Collectors held through videoconferencing under chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi recently. Panchayati Raj Secretary Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh said the above numbers of houses were constructed under various rural housing schemes.
The Chief Secretary advised officials to execute the rural housing schemes in a transparent manner.
It was revealed that while the State Government has targeted to construct 6 lakh houses during the current year, so far 85,000 houses have been constructed. The State Government has planned to spend `5,000 crore for construction of houses for rural poor during the current year.
The Chief Secretary advised to prepare a roadmap to construct 3,000 houses every day. Meanwhile, the daily average of construction of houses has been increased from 300 to 644.
Schemes like Prime Minister Awas Yojana, Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana, MGNREGS and the Swachh Bharat Mission have been integrated for construction of houses. While `1,30,000 is being paid per house in the IAP area, `1,20,000 being given to each beneficiary in non-IAP area. Similarly, 95 and 90 man days are being given in the two areas. Besides, `12,000 is being paid for construction of toilet to each beneficiary.
The State Government has also promised to pay an incentive of `20,000 to beneficiaries if they complete construction of houses in four months of workorder and `10,000 for completion of houses in six months of time.
Among others, Special Project Director SN Girish and Deputy Secretary Kulamani Mishra were present.