3 days Ago By Riyan Ramanath V
Bhubaneswar: As many as 15 slum-dwellers in Bhubaneswar, who have enrolled themselves in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana ( PMAY ), have been selected for an interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he hands over new houses to them on Tuesday. The 15 beneficiaries have been selected by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the interaction at Gadakana , which is being readied by the civic authorities. “The PM will hand over a total of 35 PMAY houses and have an interaction with the 15 beneficiaries during the half-hour-long event,” BMC additional commissioner Suvendu Sahu said on Monday.
“We are happy that the PM will come to our colony and meet us. We have only seen him in public meetings and on television, but being part of the small interaction team is a matter of pride for us. He will be officially giving us the completed PMAY houses,” Antaryami Nayak, a beneficiary, said.
The 35 PMAY houses have been constructed by BMC out of the grant sanctioned for each home. Each eligible family has been given Rs 2 lakh in four instalments for the houses. The beneficiaries, which consist of owners of the land on which the houses have been built, were identified in 2019-2020.
The PMAY colony at Gadakana has a community toilet facility, streetlights and a 24x7 power supply. Each house has a kitchen and there is a community hall as well. On Monday, BMC commissioner Rajesh Patil and housing and urban development secretary Usha Padhi oversaw the security arrangements made for Modi’s visit.
SPG personnel and police have sanitised the area and police will be deployed along the route from the main road to the venue. The PM will leave for Janata Maidan from Gadakana where he will launch the Subhadra Yojana. We also published the following articles recently Over 14L houses built under PMAY in state Over 14 lakh houses have been constructed in Gujarat under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, with a notable distribution between urban and rural areas.
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