From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Jul 8: The state government will be constructing 9 lac houses under different housing schemes in the next two years.
This was decided at a meeting to review the performance of the housing department and progress in the implementation of different housing schemes, which was presided over by chief minister B S Yediyurappa in Bengaluru on Thursday.
The houses to be constructed in the next two years include 5 lac houses of state housing projects and 4 lac houses under central housing projects.
A subsidy of Rs 1.75 lac is being provided to SC beneficiaries and Rs 1.20 lac to others for the construction of each house.
Under the central housing project, beneficiaries who have been allotted the houses will get a subsidy of Rs 72,000 or 60% from the centre and Rs 48,000 or 40% from the state government.
A hundred houses will be distributed under each gram panchayat limit.
Rs 6,200 crore is required to complete houses built under the state government's Basava Housing Project, Dr B R Ambedkar Nivas Yojana, Devaraj Urs housing projects and Vajpayee Urban Housing projects which are under different stages of completion.
The chief minister said the funds will be released phase by phase for the completion of the construction activity.
It was decided to distribute 5,000 houses under the chief minister's 1 lac housing scheme on the occasion of Independence Day on August 15.