72 Constructed houses are laying Vacant Under The Scheme - Raja Aristos News

As the allotment of homes created beneath the Integrated Housing development scheme for landless persons has become a troublesome task for the Hamirpur Municipal Committee due to increase of costs and problem in finding beneficiaries, under the scheme 72 constructed houses are lying vacant.

The construction of 72 dwellings near the Zonal Hospital was completed by the Urban Housing Development Corporation over two years. These houses have not been assigned to the poor and the Municipal Committee is not showing any interest in maintaining the newly build building.

This project was sponsored by Central Government Programme and on the construction of the building Rs 475 lakh was spent.

At the time of the development of those homes, the calculable price was unbroken nearly Rs 1 lakh per unit, however delay within the construction and rise within the value of construction material has escalated its price to around Rs 3 lakh per unit.

The beneficiaries are not coming front in taking possession of the houses due to delay in the development which has increased the cost.

The houses after building were to be assigned by Hamirpur Municipal Council, but still these have not been handed over to the MC.

President of Hamirpur told that soon after seeking the possession of the building these will be allotted to entitled beneficiaries.

Under the Central scheme 42 persons have applied for the constructed houses. And the houses will be allotted to them after verifying their eligibility.