Close to government’s objective to grant ‘Housing for all’ in the rural areas, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh presented sanction letters to 12 beneficiaries as a part of providing houses to 5 lakh beneficiaries at a programme held at Court Field in Jorhat on Thursday (May 19).
Speaking on the occasion, CM Sarma termed the day as eventful and memorial in the field of service delivery to the people of the state. He said that the process of giving 5 lakh houses to the beneficiaries under PMAY Gramin started from Jorhat and it would be replicated throughout the state.
He said since 2014 when Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of the country till today, Centre has sanctioned 19 lakh houses for Assam with a financial outlay of Rs 27 thousand crore. Out of this, 7 lakh houses are under different phases of construction and building of another 5 lakh has begun today involving a financial outlay of Rs 7,739.50 crore. As first instalment, steps have been taken to disburse the amount of Rs 1,657.50 crore.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister also called upon the beneficiaries to make good use of the money which has been disbursed in their bank accounts. At the same time if any undeserving person’s name gets included in the beneficiary list, he asked the people to lodge complaint at 1800-1232-35600 help line number.
The Chief Minister further said that of the 12 thousand beneficiaries in Jorhat district, four thousand belong to tea garden communities. He, therefore, asked the tea garden management to provide NoC for the construction of the houses.
The scheme meant for people belonging to below poverty line, CM Sarma said that the scheme would also lead to strengthening rural economy as the purchase of construction materials like brick, sand, cement, road for building houses would ensure livelihood for the local traders.
On the occasion, CM Sarma also spoke in brief about different plans that government has conceived for the development of Jorhat. Besides building a full-fledged stadium, the DC office Jorhat would be shifted to Cinnamara Tea Estate areas and the existing DC office would be converted into a state of the art museum. He said that Rs 50 crore has already been sanctioned for an integrated DC office in Jorhat.
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