The BJP on Thursday slammed the State Government again for claiming to have built 10 lakh pucca houses for poor people during the last two years and diverting Central funds for use under its own schemes.
“Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is misleading people ahead of panchayat elections by stating that his Government has built 10 lakh houses in two years. While 80 per cent of the constructed houses have come up under Central schemes, he is telling that all houses constructed under the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana,” alleged party’s State vice-president Sameer Mohantay at a Press meet here. Mohany said the data available in the www.rhodisha.gov.in website proves the ‘false’ claim of Patnaik.
“The website mentions that a total of 10,05,393 houses have been constructed under both the Central and State Government schemes during the last 15 years. Hence, Patnaik’s claim is false,” said Mohanty.
Presenting data relating to pucca ghar houses of Gania gram panchayat under the CM’s constituency, Mohanty said the website mentions that a total of 82 pucca houses have been compled in the gram panchayat from the 2006-07 till now. Of these houses, while 19 were constructed under the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana, the rest 63 were built under the Central schemes.