Andhra Pradesh Magazine English May 2016 | Page 25

APMoots
HOUSES
FOR URBAN
POOR

T

he Andhra Pradesh Government
has taken up an ambitious housing scheme for the poor and the
middle class sections. On the occasion of Ambedkar's birth anniversary
on April 14, Chief Minister Chandrababu
Naidu said six lakh double bed room
houses would be constructed for houseless poor at a cost of Rs. 16,000 crore
across the State.
Two lakh houses would be constructed
under NTR Rural Housing Scheme, two
lakh houses under NTR Urban Housing
Scheme, and 50,000 houses under other
schemes. Besides as many as 1.50 lakh
houses under NTR housing upgradation
scheme would be repaired or renovated,
he said. About Rs. 42,000 crore was released for houses during the ten-year
Congress regime. However, only Rs.
12,000 crore was spent. There were no
evidences for 14.50 lakh houses constructed during the Congress tenure, he
alleged.
The state government is working on
modalities of the scheme and is in touch
with major public sector banks for loan
tie-up with beneficiaries. Senior officials
of the housing department are also in
MAY 2016

The Chief Minister wants to
provide houses to all those
who do not have pucca
houses by 2019. As part of
this initiative, the Government has stepped up efforts
to start this mega project at
the earliest.

touch with leading architects for
preparing the design of the houses.
According to sources, the government is
planning to utilise government lands
available in rural and urban areas for
construction of the proposed houses.
Since there is a shortage of government
land in towns and cities for taking up
housing schemes, the government is
planning to build multi-storeyed buildings in towns and independent houses
in rural areas.
The scheme will be only for those who
have not taken any form of benefit from
the housing schemes announced by the
state government in the past.
The Chief Minister wants to provide
houses to all those who do not have
pucca houses by 2019. As part of this
initiative the government has stepped
up efforts to start this mega project at
the earliest.
These houses will be different from the
1.93 lakh houses already sanctioned