487 PMAY (U) houses completed in Doda

Doda, Nov 11: At least 487 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Urban) houses have been completed while work on 1046 in underway across three municipal townships of Doda.
An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that to evaluate the implementation and progress under the PMAY (U), a meeting of the officers of line departments was held here under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Harvinder Singh.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Bhaderwah Chowdhary Dil Mir; Chief Planning Officer, Suresh Kumar; ACD Doda Phulail Singh; besides officers of Housing Board and other concerned departments attended the meeting.

At the outset, the CPO presented a detailed appraisal about the implementation of the PMAY (U) scheme in different parts of the district.
The DC was apprised that as on date, as many as have been completed so far in Municipal Council Doda and twin Municipal Committees of Bhaderwah and Thathri. It was further given out that more than 1046 houses are at different phases of construction.

The meeting was also apprised about the release of first, second, and third installments in favour of beneficiaries who have started construction of their houses under PMAY (U) in the district.
The DC was also apprised that an amount of Rs 16.50 crores have been disbursed till date in the accounts of genuine beneficiaries after following due procedure and multilevel verification.
PMAY-U has been launched by the government with the aim to provide ease of living to weaker sections in urban areas.