A total of 3,309 houses have been allocated to the beneficiaries under the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (BPGY) in the last three years, informed Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena in the State Assembly on Tuesday.
Replying to a written question by Congress member Santosh Singh Saluja, the Minister said the houses were allocated during the fiscal years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
He informed that the construction of 380 housing units under the BPGY has been completed till March 22 this year while 2,929 units are yet to be completed in the financial year 2022-23.
The highest number of 2,020 housing units was allocated in Nuapada district followed by Mayurbhanj with 460 and Balangir with 339 allotments in the last three years.
At the same time Cuttack, Kalahandi, Kendrapada, Nabarangpur and Puri received the least number of allotments with one housing unit in each district.
Bargarh received 60 allotments of the rural housing units, Bhadrak 36, Boudh 16, Keonjhar 88, Koraput 170 and Malkangiri 108, he said.