Concrete efforts are being made for effective implementation of housing schemes in Madhya Pradesh. By effectively implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin), 21.05 lakh houses have been built in the state. In the financial year 2021-22, despite excessive rainfall in some districts of the state, maximum one lakh 60,000 houses were built in the three months of rainy season.
Against the target of construction of 26.28 lakh residential houses given to Madhya Pradesh under the scheme, the feat achieved is not only satisfactory but also commendable from the point of view of providing housing to the poor. It is noteworthy that residential houses have also been made available for the people of three special backward tribes of Madhya Pradesh namely Baiga, Saharia and Bharia under the special project. It was unimaginable for these sections of people living in dilapidated houses that they would get a house so soon and they would be able to celebrate Deepotsav in the new house.
Madhya Pradesh is doing good work in fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious target of providing housing to all the homeless people of the country by 2022. In the coming week Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hold a virtual Griha Pravesh of 2.51 lakh beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) for their entry in the residential houses simultaneously. Necessary preparations are being made in this regard. Madhya Pradesh has set an imitable example in fulfilling the target of housing for all 2022.
The families who have got the gift of their house are especially grateful to Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Chouhan. This year before Diwali, they have agreed to reach their newly constructed residences. Now they will celebrate Deepotsav in the new residence itself. Chouhan says that every poor family in the state will be given land lease and the amount of housing construction according to their eligibility.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while reviewing continuously, gave clear instructions to increase the speed of implementation of housing schemes. As a result, the work of housing construction did not stop in the state even during the Corona period. More than 3 lakh residential houses were constructed during this period. Usually, the average time taken for the construction of a residential house is 4 months, but the Panchayat and Rural Development Department has completed the work of construction of pucca houses for the poor at a fast pace and completed the construction of 1 lakh houses in a short span of one month. The duration of housing construction is 114 days at the national level. In view of this, the work of construction of houses has been completed in Madhya Pradesh at good speed. This was not possible in the rainy season but the construction agencies have achieved this feat by working diligently.
