Govt sanctions ₹4,076 cr to build 81,000 homes for urban poor in seven States.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned the construction of 81,757 houses for Economically Weaker Sections in urban areas in seven States with a total investment of ₹4,076 crore.

A Ministry statement of Thursday said: “Of this, the Ministry will provide total central assistance of ₹1,226 crore, i.e., ₹1.50 lakh per house to be built for the benefit of urban poor under the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban).”

The sanctioned houses will be built in 163 cities. West Bengal has been sanctioned 27,830 houses in 38 cities, followed by Telangana (22,817 houses in 45 cities) , Bihar (13,315 homes in 40 cities), Mizoram (8,922 houses in six cities), Rajasthan (6,052 homes in nine cities), Jharkhand (2,337 homes in 24 cities) and Uttarkhand (484 houses in Dehra Dun).

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