Under the leadership of Secretary, Rural Development Department, Dr. Manish Ranjan, a team of officials of the Department went to Lucknow on a one-day visit to get information about the Prime Minister's Awas Yojana in Uttar Pradesh. The team included Additional Secretary Ram Kumar Sinha, , SPMU’s Roshan Pat Pingua and Shyama and District Coordinator of Seraikela-Kharsawa District, Satyawan Kumar.
On November 19, discussions were held on the approval of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, payment of amount to the beneficiaries in three installments, construction of houses etc with the Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development Department of Uttar Pradesh Manoj Kumar Singh and his team.
It was told by the Additional CS that a target has been set to complete the houses within 100 days and the houses are also being completed. All the housing there is made by casting the roof. Under convergence, toilets, free gas connection, electricity connection and drumstick plant are also provided.
It was told by him that the Director of DRDA has been made the nodal officer in the districts for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin. It is reviewed every week by the Additional CS with the Directors of DRDA, with special attention being paid to the expenditure of the amount. This scheme is also reviewed twice a month by the Chief Secretary and once a month by the Chief Minister. It was also told by the Additional CS that during the field visit by the Chief Minister or Ministers, the acceptance letter of the house or the key of the completed house is regularly given to the beneficiaries.
Apart from Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural, schemes like MGNREGA, Rurban, NRLM etc were also discussed.
After this meeting, this team interacted in detail with the beneficiaries, village heads, other public representatives and general public of Natauli Panchayat of Mohanlalganj block of Lucknow district and Bhairampur Panchayat of Bachrowa block of Rae Bareli district and the houses and toilets under construction and constructed were seen.
It was found by the team that in reality the house gets ready in four-five months and all the houses are big, beautiful and made by roof moulding. The toilet was also clean. It was told by the beneficiaries that in addition to the amount provided by the government in the construction of houses, their own money is also spent.