Target for building homes of urban poor is set higher

Now in the third phase,the state government has once again kept the tentative target of setting up around 50,000 houses.

The district authorities have been informed about the new targets and told to reply within one week whether there are sufficient land and beneficiaries available to meet the given target.

“We are surveying the availability of beneficiaries and land for the construction of 1,500 houses in our district,” said Krishna Kumar,Additional District Magistrate,Moradabad.

Confirming the receipt of the new target,the ADM of Agra,Jagdish,said the district has been given a tentative target of 1,000 houses.

“While beneficiaries would be available but the required land in urban area for setting up 1,000 houses may not be available. We have asked different departments to find out if land for construction houses in two clusters could be made available,” Jagdish added.

While Ravinder Singh,Principal Secretary,Housing and Urban Planning Department,was not available for comment,an official of the department said that beneficiaries of UP Mukhyamantri Mahamaya Garib Arthik Madad Yojna would also be entitled to get houses under this scheme provided they don’t have their own house.

After finding more than 30 lakh poor across the state for the government’s Mukhyamantri Mahamaya Garib Arthik Madad Yojna,the government is hopeful to get sufficient beneficiaries for this scheme in its third phase (2010-11).

“Beneficiaries might be available but unavailability of land in urban areas could affect the scheme. These are tentative targets and hence could be revised further,” said an official of the department.