Over 6,000 apply for 76 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana houses in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh
“Now that the window for the online application for the allotment of these PMAY houses has been closed, PDA has received 6,071 applications and the same would be sent to SUDA for verification. Once we receive the list of eligible applicants, the lottery would be conducted, and the houses would be allotted”, said Vice Chairman, PDA,
PDA has received an amount of over Rs 3 crores deposited by the applicants as guarantee money against the applications and those applicants who do not get a flat in the lottery draw would be given back the guarantee money, he added.
The houses would be allotted as per the lottery system and the beneficiary under PMAY would have to pay an amount of Rs 3.5 lakhs while the rest of the money, incurred as the cost of the house would be shared by state and central government, informed secretary, PDA, Ajeet Singh. PDA VC has been regularly inspecting the ongoing construction work at the site and have been issuing necessary instructions to the agency working at the site. “We are constructing two blocks at the land measuring 1,731 square meter and these would be ground plus three-storey building”, said Chauhan. Block A would have 36 houses while block B would have 40 houses and these would soon be allotted after lottery, he added. Foundation stone of project, which hogged limelight during this year’s assembly elections, was laid by the Chief Minister