Lucknow gets 2,500 units under PMAY

In order to cater to the whopping 25 lakh shortfall of low cost housing units in the state, the state government in UP has recently launched 2,500 housing unit project under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, to provide affordable housing units to urban poor. This is going to be the first project under the Yojana, which is spreading over an area of 10 acres and is coming up on Kanpur Road, about five km from Amuasi airport. This is also the first project launched under Yojna in Lucknow and would be completed by 2020, said PN Mishra, CMD of Parth Infrabuild Pvt Ltd, which is handling the project. Being a part of smart city township, it will provide all smart solutions like customer portal, traffic management system, Wi-Fi zone, PNG gas, iconic tower, open and green spaces, optical fibre accessibility, etc., even to the lowest cost flats like LIG and EWS category. Under this smart city project, people can aim to get EWS houses at almost 40% cheaper price because of the Centre's subsidy. It offers flats under EWS, LIG, MIG, HIG category and also gives many waivers on taxes because of Central scheme, he said.