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Last Update: January 18, 2023, 01:14 AM IST
While the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the ruling BJP at the Center are at loggerheads over the issue, many locals are complaining that they are unable to find their homes. Representative Image/Twitter
Sources in the Union Rural Development Ministry said a central team is currently on its second visit to Bengal to probe anomalies in the PMAY allocation.
Sources told News18 that over 40 percent of the house allotments in 12 districts of West Bengal have been canceled by the state government after the verification drive under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
Sources in the Union Rural Development Ministry said a central team is currently on its second visit to Bengal to probe anomalies in the PMAY allocation.
There have been allegations that a large number of people who own big bungalows have made it to the 2018 list as beneficiaries.
The districts where more than 40 per cent names have been deleted from the list are: Birbhum (almost 50%), West Bardhaman (49%), West Medinipur (47%), Murshidabad (46%), North Dinajpur (45%) , South Dinajpur (44%), Purulia (44%), Jhargram (44%), Alipurduar (42%), East Bardhaman (42%), East Medinipur (42%), and Nadia (41%).
Overall, as per the 2018 list, there were 53,86,483 people registered for PMAY, and 23,20,027 names have been deleted, which is 40 per cent. Now 33,66,456 eligible beneficiaries are registered, out of which 11,36,488 will get houses in the first phase.
According to sources in the administration, the state government has taken steps to ensure transparency. While the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the ruling BJP at the Center are at loggerheads over the issue, many locals are complaining that they are unable to find their homes.
Speaking to News18, Union Minister of State for Education and Bankura MP Subhash Sarkar said, “Many complaints have come. There has been so much corruption. So it is important to check and recheck everything, then proceed. The central team has come to see all this.”
On the other hand, TMC says that the central government is doing politics at the behest of state leaders of BJP.
Trinamool spokesperson Riju Dutta said, “The central team is coming like migratory birds, and they are coming to disturb the panchayat elections. Whatever the central government has said has been followed. Still why are they not releasing the money? Also, look at the districts where more than 40 per cent deletion has occurred. Suvendu Adhikari was the observer there, so he has done it.”
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