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| Rural Development Ministry pulls up J&K Admin for PMAY’s slow pace in J&K | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship housing scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY), Gramin, for the rural poor is moving at a slow pace in Jammu and Kashmir despite liberal funding provided by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.
According to the figures the J&K Government has been able to construct just 37% houses till now against the target of completing 2,01,633 houses. “As many as 1, 35,429 houses were sanctioned against the target from April 1, 2016 till January 31 this year but only 74,033 houses have been completed while a total of 61,396 houses remained incomplete for various reasons. Till date, the Centre has released Rs 1343.96 crore for construction of houses under the scheme,” the figures revealed.
The Union Rural Development Ministry has taken a serious note of the slow pace of the housing scheme and has recommended for an ‘intense follow-up’ required by JK administration to complete the target.
Major slowdown in the scheme has been noticed due to non-availability of mining material, including sand and gravel to beneficiaries in various districts of the Union Territory. Even if they get material through the mining mafia, it is being procured at highly inflated rates,” sources said, adding “Consequently, beneficiaries either shelve the construction work mid-way or they arrange money from their relatives to have roof over their heads”.
“The beneficiaries exhaust all money provided by the government for construction purposes on the purchase of mining material. Authorities have failed to address this particular issue. Sand and gravel rates have increased three times in the last one and a half years as the mining mafia has been charging at its sweet will. Illegal mining is being facilitated with active connivance of officials concerned,” sources said.
There are over 30 cases in block Dansal of Jammu district alone where beneficiaries have stopped construction work or left houses incomplete.
Mohammad Mumtaz Ali, Director Rural Development Department told a news channel that there had been significant improvement in the progress of this scheme during the last 3-4 months. “In upper reaches of the region, beneficiaries manage construction material at the local level. As far as mining material in plain areas is concerned, we will look into the issue,” he said. |
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