HFA: 29 DPRs of Rs 211.82 Cr covering 4865 beneficiaries approved

All 80 towns in state to be covered under the Mission

Jammu: Of the 39 Detailed Project Reports for implementation of Housing for AllUrban Mission in Jammu and Kashmir, the State Level Sanctioning Cum Monitoring Committee has approved 29 under the phase I of the project, amounting to the tune of Rs. 211.82 Crore prepared for 4865 beneficiaries of 19 cities and towns in the state, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana .
In Phase-I, 23 Towns and two capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu have been selected for receiving central assistance under PMAY while a total demand of 1.21 Lakh houses based on the housing demand survey has been estimated in these 25 towns and cities. The plan of action for these 25 towns and cities, besides 39 DPRs had already been approval by the Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
The details emerged as the Chief Secretary, B B Vyas, on Thursday chaired the meeting of the State Level Sanctioning Cum Monitoring Committee for implementing HFA Urban Mission in state, attended by Deputy Commissioners of all 22 Districts and other officers via video conferencing, besides Principal Secretary, Finance, Commissioner/Secretary, Housing & Urban Development, Commissioner/Secretary, Forests, Ecology & Environment, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Commissioner/Secretary Revenue.
It may be recalled here that the project being implemented in all 78 Towns and the two capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu in two phases, is already under implementation in Udhampur, Baramulla, Anantnag and Kathua towns.

The Committee was informed that the Union Ministry has conveyed approval for completion by housing demand survey and preparation of the Housing for All Plan of Action (HFAPoA) of remaining 55 towns to be taken up during the Phase-II (April 2017- March 2019) for which an amount Rs 346.50 Lakh has been sanctioned. For carrying out the HFAPoA in these 55 towns, 56 CLTCs are to be deployed to the districts.

The project is to be implemented during 2015-2022, with an objective to address the housing requirements of urban poor viz Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) families including slum dwellers for which all the States are required to prepare ‘Housing for All Plan of Action’ for the aforementioned period with Annual Implementation Plans on yearly basis.