Ensure corruption-free housing scheme, CM tells officials

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed officials to make sure that there isn’t any scope for corruption within the building of homes below ‘Pedalandariki Illu’ scheme, and a sudden hike in charges, together with transport fees, didn’t end in a steep escalation in prices that might impose an insufferable burden on the State exchequer within the prevailing state of affairs.

Addressing a evaluation assembly on housing on Thursday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy mentioned due consideration needs to be paid to fixing any issues in offering water and electrical energy amenities and in creating different infrastructure in Jagananna Colonies and TIDCO homes. He mentioned it was his endeavour to spend an estimated ₹34,000 crore on infrastructure within the YSR Jagananna Colonies, which, upon accomplishment, could be a file within the nation.

He mentioned common suggestions on the style of execution of the venture and the standard of works needs to be obtained with a view to make any amends.

Officials instructed the Chief Minister that 2,08,160 TIDCO homes could be accomplished in 18 months at a price of roughly ₹10,000 crore. The works associated to mapping, geo-tagging, issuing of job playing cards and registrations had been virtually accomplished.

The building of three.03 lakh homes had already began and works on one other seven lakh homes would start by July 10. The building of the primary part of homes could be accomplished by June 2022, the officials added.

Ministers Botcha Satyanarayana (MA&UD) and Cherukuvada Sriranganatha Raju (Housing), Special Chief Secretaries Y. Srilakshmi (MA&UD) and Ajay Jain (Housing), secretaries K.V.V. Satyanarayana (Finance), Rahul Pandey (Housing) and N. Srikant (Energy) and AP State Housing Corporation Limited MD Narayana Bharat Gupta had been amongst these current.