Govt approves 56, 368 housing units under PMAU-Urban
Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Durga Shanker Mishra informed that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has approved the construction of 56,368 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) under various verticals of the Mission and that the ministry has got into implementation and execution mode. He exhorted states and UTs to ensure 100 percent completion and delivery of PMAY-U houses to all the eligible beneficiaries within the mission period. A total of 11 states ad UTs attended the monitoring committee meeting and they were directed to use the online mechanism (MIS) for proper implementation and monitoring of the mission. The progress of Light House Projects (LHPs) and Demonstration Housing Projects (DHPs) were also reviewed by the Secretary. The foundation stones of the LHPs were laid by the Prime Minister on January 1, 2021. The houses under LHPs are being constructed at Lucknow, Ranchi, Rajkot, Agartala, Chennai, and Indore. To promote LHPs sites as live laboratories for the transfer of technology to the field, the Ministry has initiated an Online Enrolment Drive for Technocracies to encourage large-scale citizen participation and create technical awareness, on-site learning, find ideas for solutions, experimentation, and encouraging innovation.
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03 March 2021
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