Chief Minister Raghubar Das reiterated that by 2020, the poor families living in the cities of Jharkhand will have their own house at the State Level Workshop organised on the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme (PMAY - Urban) here on Wednesday.
Addressing the programme on this occasion, Minister Department of Urban Development, Housing and Planning CP Singh said that the officers should not linger such schemes and attempts must be made to provide assistance to all beneficiaries on time.
Singh also said that in the municipal corporations in which the needy have been registered, they should not be harassed in the name of credentials and urged to the construction companies that it should be their social priority to complete the construction of each house under PMAY scheme on time, ensuring quality.
Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Housing and Planning said that those whose annual income is less than 3 lakh, they are provided housing assistance. “Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, total number of vertical 1, 58 000 has been approved, in which the progress in Vertical 4 is good. Singh said that in Vertical 1 and 3 faster approaches is required and for this the Government has made a simple and easy policy which is also beneficial for every stakeholder.
The secretary assured that in February month the ground breaking ceremony will be done, where the participation of stakeholder is essential. Ashish Singhmar, Director -- Directorate of Municipal Administration said that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, in the city corporations of the state, houses construction have been divided into separate clusters and in different components. Models like G+3, G + 6 and G + 8 buildings have been adopted. The State government officials shared that the houses in Vertical 1 and 3 under the ongoing Prime Minister's housing scheme in the urban area will be constructed on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Special Secretary – Urban Development Department -- BPL Das, Ranchi Municipal Commissioner Manoj Kumar, Assistant Director DMA Sanjay Pandey, along with many officers of the department was present. While the mayor of Ranchi, Asha Lanka, Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijayvargiya, Dhanbad Mayor Shekhar Agarwal, Mayor / Deputy Mayor of all the Municipal Bodies, Chairman / Vice President and Municipal Commissioner / Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Executive Officer and other office bearers were also present including the members of the Banks Builder Association and CREDAI.