The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved the construction of 19,858 affordable houses in various cities and towns of Haryana for poor people under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
An approval to this effect was given in the 37th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held at New Delhi, recently, said an official spokesman.
Notably, as many as 3.05 lakh people in Haryana have applied for housing under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
A survey was conducted in the state under PMAY under which 3.05 lakh people had applied and of which 2,20,565 proposals were forwarded to the Central Government for approval.
Recently, the State Government had also decided that such families which neither have own house nor are in the list of eligible beneficiaries under the PMAY would be provided financial assistance for the construction of houses under the PMAY.
These families can apply for financial assistance to their respective Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO).
The Government had also decided that an applicant desirous of getting financial assistance would be required to get the application marked either from the gram sarpanch or gram sachiv or member of zila parishad or panchayat samiti or the former sarpanch.