AP Govt fixed a target of 19L houses construction: Sidda

 Ongole: Minister for Forests, Environment, Science and Technology Sidda Raghava Rao and Collector Vadarevu Vinay Chand participated in the district-level house warming celebrations of the houses constructed at Aravallipadu village in Donakonda mandal under NTR Griha Nirmanam scheme on Thursday.

The minister said that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated three lakh houses officially on Thursday and 19,474 houses in them are in Prakasam district. He announced that the state government has fixed a target to construct 19 lakh houses for the poor and already inaugurated one lakh houses on October 2, 2017. 

He said that the government is encouraging the construction of the houses by giving a subsidy of Rs 1.5 lakh. He announced that in 3,792 houses allotted to Darsi constituency, 2,307 houses were already completed, 986 are in various stages of progress and 499 are yet to be started. He ordered the officials to start the construction of pending houses immediately.