**Bhubaneswar: ** In a bid to provide affordable houses in the urban areas, a state level sanctioning and monitoring meeting was held at the State Secretariat here presided over by Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi in which 28 projects in 28 municipality areas of the State received the due seal of approval for construction of about 10,600 houses for the beneficiaries.
Briefing media soon after the meeting, the Chief Secretary said, “Today the state level sanctioning meeting of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) for urban area was held. 28 projects have been approved for constructing 10,600 houses.”
“Two-three types of projects have been made. First, beneficiary laid construction. The person having own land will be encouraged by aided with some amount from the Centre, some from the State Government and some amount to be spent from own purse by the beneficiary. The second project is meant for shifting of the slum dwellers. Thirdly, the Government will build the housing project and each beneficiary can contribute Rs 1.5 lakh and participate in it.”
G. Mathi Vathanan, Secretary, Housing & Urban Development, Odisha informed, “For affordable housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the Chief Secretary presided over the state level sanctioning and monitoring meeting. 28 proposals for 28 urban local bodies have been approved and accordingly construction of 10,598 houses has been sanctioned.”
Detailing on it, the H&UD Secretary informed, “For the beneficiary laid construction 2,833 houses, for the incentive slum head 1,300 houses and for the affordable housing project 6,462 houses. It will be sent to the Government of India for final sanction and then after work order will be given. For the beneficiary laid construction, per house cost approximately Rs 3 lakh out of which Rs 2 lakh assistance will provided by the government and the rest has to be borne by the beneficiary.”
