Indiramma houses: Telangana finalises beneficiaries, begins construction
Hyderabad: Telangana housing minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the state govt has finalised the list of 2.10 lakh beneficiaries for sanctioning the Indiramma houses, and construction of 24,000 houses had already begun.
He mentioned that about 100 houses were in the final stages of construction and were ready for inauguration.
During an informal chat with media personnel on Friday, the minister stated that the state govt was giving priority to the opposition party MLAs' assembly constituencies as well, and the MLAs were asked to provide the list of beneficiaries. "Of the total houses allotted, 40% will be allocated based on the recommendations of the respective MLAs, and the rest will be selected by the Indiramma committees," the minister said.
He added that the govt also asked Sircilla MLA and ex-minister KTR to provide the list of beneficiaries, but he did not want to give any recommendation.
Srinivas Reddy mentioned that of the total houses, about 9,200 would be given to Chenchu tribals in the agency areas, adding that chief minister A Revanth Reddy wanted more allocations to these areas. The housing minister said the state govt was considering constructing multi-storey buildings (G+4) for slum dwellers in the identified 16 locations in Hyderabad and other major towns like Warangal, Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, and Nizamabad.
He also stated that the govt would soon constitute a price fixation committee for Indiramma houses.
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