Government moots housing for all slum-dwellers

Nellore: Minister for Municipal Administration P Narayana said that the State government would provide housing for all slum-dwellers by November 2017. He along with Mayor Abdul Aziz, visited Barashaheed Dargah on Friday. Later, interacting with media persons, the Minister said that multi-storeyed buildings would be built as part of the efforts to providing permanent houses to the poor, which would be launched in Tirupati, soon.

We are going to build around 450 houses for the poor, who are residing in Scavengers Colony in Tirupati in Public and Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Beneficiaries will get houses without paying a single rupee,” he added. He said that tenders would be called for in November and the construction would be completed within 18 months.

Narayana informed that people visiting dargah for roti festival has increased by 30 per cent compared to the previous year. “Devotees thronged from different parts of the country to exchanging rotis. Municipal, Revenue and Policed Departments have been co-ordinating with one another and monitoring the arrangements at dargah,” he said. He reminded that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu assured that about 68 per cent of the income from dargah would be allocated for the development of the dargah itself. He also said that the Chief Minister had promised to allocate Rs 20 crores to dargah.