State fast-tracks completion of incomplete 2BHK houses under 99-day action plan

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The 2BHK houses connected  the outskirts of Sangareddy.

The 2BHK houses connected the outskirts of Sangareddy. | Photo Credit: File photo

The State Government has resolved to implicit operation of the incomplete 2 chamber houses, portion of lodging strategy started by the erstwhile BRS government, arsenic portion of the ongoing Praja Palana – Pragati Pranalika, the 99-day enactment program to instrumentality medication to the people.

It has decided to allot 2BHK houses which are completed but remaining vacant to eligible mediocre successful the coming days.

Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said that notices person been issued to location owners who are allotted houses, but did not inhabit them citing assorted reasons, including the region they should commute to their workplaces if they occupied those 2BHK houses.

The erstwhile authorities sanctioned 2.31 lakh houses of which 1.62 lakh had been completed, but for fewer basal infrastructure facilities. Houses wherever infrastructure works similar electrification, h2o proviso and sewerage works were pending were yet to beryllium allotted to eligible beneficiaries.

“Deficiencies are being identified and orders person been issued for 3rd enactment prime control,” helium said. The Minister was responding to queries erstwhile the contented came up for treatment during the Question Hour successful the Legislative Assembly connected Wednesday.

He said helium would convene peculiar meetings of MLAs of the erstwhile agreed districts soon to resoluteness problems pertaining to 2BHK houses successful their respective constituencies. A toll escaped helpline would beryllium established enabling residents oregon their representatives to bring complaints to the announcement of the authorities truthful that they could beryllium resolved wrong 24 hours.

Recalling that the Congress authorities headed by precocious Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy took up operation of 21 lakh houses successful Telangana successful the past, helium said the erstwhile BRS Government sanctioned implicit 2 lakh houses, including 1 lakh successful the GHMC limits. Of these, 78,861 houses completed had nary basal infrastructure, and different 21,838 houses were near astatine the signifier of foundations. In all, 26 colonies were near incomplete without facilities and the authorities had sanctioned ₹738 crore for creating basal amenities successful 80 colonies developed nether the 2BHK scheme.

Of the magnitude allocated, ₹432 crore had been spent truthful acold and the authorities mightiness necessitate ₹270 crore much for putting successful spot the basal infrastructure successful these colonies. There were implicit 12,000 houses vacant arsenic the allottees expressed their inability to inhabit them successful presumption of the distances they had to travel. It was accordingly decided to widen the deadline for them to instrumentality possession of the houses wrong 2 months failing which these houses would beryllium allotted to eligible mediocre surviving wrong 5 km scope of the respective colonies.

Responding to a proposition that the authorities lease retired shops constructed successful these colonies, helium said the occupants of leased premises were not paying the amounts successful clip and were alternatively obtaining stays from tribunal erstwhile asked to vacate. Keeping this successful view, the authorities had decided to merchantability specified premises and deposit the proceeds into associated accounts successful which the typical of the respective payment associations would beryllium a member.

For the incomplete houses, the authorities had decided to entrust completion of works to the aforesaid contractors if they judge to instrumentality up works astatine the aged rates. New contractors would beryllium appointed successful lawsuit they refused to bash so. The Minister refuted the complaint that Indiramma committees were having a accidental successful allotment of houses nether the weaker conception lodging strategy asserting that the respective sarpanch, irrespective of enactment affiliation, would caput the committee which would urge the names of beneficiaries to the respective District Collector and to the in-charge Minister for approval. “The authorities volition see nominating MLAs arsenic members of these committees,” helium said responding to a petition from the members.

Construction of implicit 1 lakh Indiramma houses would beryllium completed successful each respects by March and and the authorities had targets completion of 1 lakh much earlier June-end.

Published - March 25, 2026 07:33 p.m. IST

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