Bhubaneswar: There has been a face-off between the Center and the state government over the allocation of houses to Odisha under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin.PMAY-G), Were BJD MPs raised the issue afresh on Tuesday Federation Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh.
The move comes three days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding more homes for cyclone Fani-affected families and the poor in the state’s tribal and backward districts.
“We have brought to the attention of the Union Minister the need of 1.84 lakh houses for Fani affected families under special grant and 13 lakh more houses for other people of tribal and Koraput-Balangir-Kala-Handi (KBK) districts under PMAY-G. has attracted. , BJD leader Ra-jya Sabha, Prasanna Acharya, said.
Acharya said that the Union Minister assured him of convening a meeting of the BJD MPs with the officials of the Union Ministry of Rural Development and State Panchayati Raj Department to find a solution in this regard.
Earlier the regional party had raised this issue. Rajya Sabha And took to the streets during the winter session of the state assembly. The BJD has alleged that several lakh eligible people, especially from tribal-dominated and KBK districts, were denied homes under the PMAY-G as the Ministry of Rural Development closed the window of the Awas Plus portal to apply briefly. Was. Duration.
Since the Ministry of Rural Development allowed states to identify eligible families to get houses under PMAY-G through Awas Plus portal till March 7, 2019, the state government could identify only 35,000 families till then, Because the preparations for the general election were on. , network connectivity issues and Maoist violence in some areas.
When the ministry re-opened the window for only 14 districts devastated by Cyclone Fani, the state government had identified 7.87 lakh more eligible families. In addition, in the remaining 16 districts that were not affected, they had identified 5.9 lakh more families.
The move comes three days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding more homes for cyclone Fani-affected families and the poor in the state’s tribal and backward districts.
“We have brought to the attention of the Union Minister the need of 1.84 lakh houses for Fani affected families under special grant and 13 lakh more houses for other people of tribal and Koraput-Balangir-Kala-Handi (KBK) districts under PMAY-G. has attracted. , BJD leader Ra-jya Sabha, Prasanna Acharya, said.
Acharya said that the Union Minister assured him of convening a meeting of the BJD MPs with the officials of the Union Ministry of Rural Development and State Panchayati Raj Department to find a solution in this regard.
Earlier the regional party had raised this issue. Rajya Sabha And took to the streets during the winter session of the state assembly. The BJD has alleged that several lakh eligible people, especially from tribal-dominated and KBK districts, were denied homes under the PMAY-G as the Ministry of Rural Development closed the window of the Awas Plus portal to apply briefly. Was. Duration.
Since the Ministry of Rural Development allowed states to identify eligible families to get houses under PMAY-G through Awas Plus portal till March 7, 2019, the state government could identify only 35,000 families till then, Because the preparations for the general election were on. , network connectivity issues and Maoist violence in some areas.
When the ministry re-opened the window for only 14 districts devastated by Cyclone Fani, the state government had identified 7.87 lakh more eligible families. In addition, in the remaining 16 districts that were not affected, they had identified 5.9 lakh more families.
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