Centre has released grants worth ₹475 crore towards housing for poor in Karnataka, says Kota Srinivas Poojary

Centre has released grants worth ₹475 crore towards housing for poor in Karnataka, says Kota Srinivas Poojary

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, September 14, 2024: Kota Srinivas Poojary, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP, on Friday, September 13, said the Central government released ₹400 crore towards rural housing for the poor and ₹75 crore for urban housing for the poor in Karnataka.

The release was towards the backlog of previous years, Mr. Poojary said at a meeting of heads of urban local bodies in Udupi district at his office in the district office complex, Manipal.

Reviewing the progress of Vajpayee and Ambedkar housing schemes in urban local bodies, the MP directed officials to release grants to the identified beneficiaries at the earliest. He noted that the urban local bodies of the district, Udupi City Municipal Council, Kundapur and Karkala town municipal councils, and Byndoor and Saligrama town panchayats had achieved 80% of the target. They have to achieve the target at the earliest, the MP said.

The MP also directed the urban local bodies to ensure that a maximum number of beneficiaries avail the benefits of the PM Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi within their limits. He told the officials to invite applications from the eligible and recommend the same to banks for the release of loans. The SVANidhi scheme should be fully implemented by October first week, he said.

District urban development cell project director Ravindra and others were present.