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Guwahati: Assam Of the 1.51 lakh units allotted so far under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), construction of 65,469 houses has been completed, a state minister said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference here, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Ashok Singhal said the Center has sanctioned 1.51 lakh houses for Assam since the launch of the scheme.
“We have completed a total of 65,469 units and out of them 32,003 houses have been constructed during the last one year. Around 32,000 more units are at various stages of completion,” he added.
Singhal said that a total of Rs 293.79 crore has been utilized during 2022-23 as Direct Benefit Transfer for the construction of housing units.
He said that the government is planning to develop a satellite township in Jagiroad. Nagaon District on the land acquired from the closed Naugaon Paper Mill of Hindustan Paper Corporation
“It will be a world-class AMRUT-Guwahati integrated city, spread over 1,000 acres. We have appointed Singapore-based consultant Surbana Jurong to prepare the master plan, which is likely to be ready by March 31 this year,” Singhal said. Is.”
The minister, who also looks after the irrigation department, said last year all districts in the state were directed to prepare irrigation master plans, which have been submitted by 28 districts and the rest will do it in the next month.
“Our target is to create irrigation facilities for 10 lakh tonnes of paddy across the state. Irrigation capacity has been created in 7.86 lakh hectares so far, but many of these schemes are now closed,” he said.
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