LG Calls For Comprehensive Housing, In Situ Slum Redevelopment Policies

Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Wednesday directed the Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) for framing of a comprehensive housing policy to address the increasing housing demand of the people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, besides ensuring a planned urban development. He further directed the officers to roll out a mechanism to frame the “In-situ” Slum Redevelopment policy aiming to provide housing to eligible slum dwellers. The Lt. Governor passed these directions while reviewing the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) across J&K in a meeting here at the Civil Secretariat.

During the meeting, the Lt. Governor took a comprehensive review of the progress made under PMAY (Urban and Grameen) and sought a district-wise performance report. On Beneficiary Led Individual House Construction or Enhancement (BLC), the Lt. Governor sought a proposal for enhancing the current assistance provided by the Government of Union Territory of J&K to the Economical Weaker Section (EWS) under PMAY. It was informed that BLC (PMAY-U), the UT Government is providing an assistance of Rs 16,666 to EWS while the share of the Central Government is Rs 1.50 lakhs.

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