Uttar Pradesh to construct one lakh houses under PMAY

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Uttar Pradesh state government has determined targets for 28 development authorities and Awas Vikas Parishad (AVP) for construction of one lakh low income group (LIG) category houses in next six months. Under the Pradhan Mantri AwasYojna – Housing For All (Urban) scheme, Agra development authority has been given a target to develop housing facility for 10,000 families. ADA secretary Hariram said, “Work is already in progress concerning development of affordable housing in partnership with private firms. 10,000 units will be developed in a time-bound manner”. The biggest target for constructing houses under the PM’s scheme has been assigned to Lucknow development authority. Here 12,000 houses are required to be constructed. Besides Agra, other cities with major targets include 10,000 in Kanpur, 9,000 in Ghaziabad, 6,500 in Prayagraj and 5,000 in Moradabad. The AVP which is a separate department of the state government has been assigned construction of 30,000 houses in different districts.