Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday said construction of 2BHK houses at a cost of Rs.11,000 crore was completed across the State. This was from the total outlay of Rs.18,000 crore for the flagship scheme.
As part of the scheme, 2.85 lakh houses were being built across the State to be handed over to the poor for free.
Speaking at the inauguration of the 2BHK Housing Colony in CC Nagar, Bansilalpet, the Minister said the housing colony had 248 dwelling units spread over 18 blocks built by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation at an estimated cost of Rs 1,922 lakh.
Pointing out that no other State had such a massive housing scheme, the Minister said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s vision for free houses for the poor with Rs 18,000 crore was being executed successfully by Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy.
Scores of people were also benefiting from schemes implemented by the State government including Kalyana Laxmi and Shaadi Mubarak.
“Building a house and performing a marriage ceremony are the most difficult tasks in one’s life. For economically weaker sections, both these tasks are being done by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao,” he said, adding that the market value of each house inaugurated on Friday was around Rs 40 lakh.
Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Home Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali and others were present.
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