State nod to 43 housing projects under PMAY 2.0 in urban areas
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Bhubaneswar: To provide quality housing to people in urban areas, the housing and urban development department approved 43 detailed project reports in the beneficiary-led construction vertical under
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
(PMAY) 2.0.
These projects will be executed in 42 urban local bodies.
Once completed, the 43 projects will provide 3,949 dwelling units to beneficiaries. These will be executed at a total cost of Rs 256 crores, with shares received from the Centre, state, and beneficiaries.
For the projects, the Centre will grant Rs 59 crore at Rs 1.5 lakh per dwelling unit, while the state will give Rs 39 crore at Rs 1 lakh per unit. The rest of the grant, amounting to Rs 157 crore, will be borne by the beneficiaries at Rs 4 lakh per unit.
Beneficiary-led construction under PMAY 2.0 refers to a scheme component where eligible families, particularly from economically weaker sections, receive financial assistance to construct new houses or enhance existing ones on their own land.
In a letter to urban local bodies, the urban development department's joint secretary, Satish Chandra Singh, informed them about the state-level approval and asked local bodies to take steps and sensitise beneficiaries at the ground level.
Among the urban local bodies, Bhubaneswar will see the execution of 44 dwelling units, while 26 dwelling units will be executed in Khurda, 115 in Puri, and 41 in Cuttack. The highest number of 663 dwelling units will be executed at Bhuban in Dhenkanal district.
Similarly, 579 dwelling units will be executed in Bhadrak municipality, 270 in Basudevpur, 220 units in Chandbali, 219 units in Sambalpur, 175 in Athagarh, 137 in Jajpur, 119 at Khariar in Nuapada, and 102 dwelling units at Polasara in Ganjam district.
Sources said the projects were approved by the state-level sanctioning and monitoring committee, and the proposal will be forwarded to the ministry of housing and urban affairs now for granting financial assistance for execution of the projects.
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