Odisha to do geo tagging of houses constructed under Rural Housing Schemes

24 August, Bhubaneswar

The Odisha government Thursday directed to do the geo tagging of all the houses constructed under the Rural housing schemes and beneficiaries by August 31 next.Official sources said the construction of houses for poor people in Rural Housing schemes has crossed 12.34 lakhs since 2014-15.

Reviewing the district wise progress of the Rural housing schemes, Chief Secretary A P Padhi directed all the collectors and Project Directors to firmly implement all transparency measures and closely monitor the field level execution.He further directed to publicize the priority list at GP and Village levels and strictly adhere to it. Collectors were asked not to deviate from the priority list while sanctioning new housing units.

The Odisha government had declared an incentive of Rs 20,000 to the beneficiaries who completed their houses within 4 months of the issue of work order and Rs 10,000 for completion within 6 months of the work.So far around 28,000 beneficiaries were given incentive.

The Collectors were also told that each housing beneficiary would be facilitated to create one livelihood asset through convergence with MGNREGS and National Rural Livelihood Mission.They would be provided assistance to construct the assets like cowshed, goat-shed, vermin compost unit on their land as an additional source of livelihood.

The programme has been started from Khordha and Bolangir districts on experimental basis and would be extended to other districts within the current year.Available data showed, till today a total number of 12,34,744 housing units have been completed under the schemes like Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, India Awas Yojana and Nirma Shramik Pucca Ghar Yojana.Target has been set to complete around 6 lakh houses during the current year. So far, around 1,01,522 houses have been completed and construction of other houses has been expedited.bm