Work orders for construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) were distributed to houseless people of the Khariar and Khariar Road NACs of Nuapada district in a legal awareness camp held at Nuapada on Saturday.
"A total of 598 people of these two NACs (445 in Khariar and 153 in Khariar Road) had been selected under the PMAY for the year 2019-20. Forty-three beneficiaries of the total selected (Khariar Road 33 and Khariar 10) received their work orders in the camp from Member Secretary, Odisha State Legal Service Authority (OSLS) and Madhusmita Sahu, Collector, Nuapada. The rest will be provided the work orders in the respective NACs," informed Khariar NAC housing programme in-charge Devchandan Rout.
"Each beneficiary will get Rs 2 lakh for house construction." said Rout. He also informed that the Khariar NAC had a target for constructing 630 houses under the PMAY (U) last year out of which 605 beneficiaries have already completed their works. Likewise, as per information provided by Amit Raula, the programme in charge of Khariar Rd NAC, they had a target of 559 houses last year out of which 231 have been completed and the rest are in progress.
"Support under PMAY has proved a great succour for almost all beneficiaries who would not have been able to construct a Pucca house without the support under the scheme," said journalist Tapan Dash. "The officials involved in the implementation of the scheme also deserve praise for sincerely monitoring the progress to help the beneficiaries get their dues in time," he added.