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JAMMU: Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh on Tuesday said the government has approached the Centre to seek inclusion of all cities and towns of Jammu and Kashmir under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY).
“The state government has requested Centre to consider approval for conducting the demand survey of all the remaining 55 cities and towns instead of 35 cities and towns of the State for inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) to address the housing demand in all urban areas,” he added.
He said this while replying to a question raised by Ali Mohammad Dar.
Dr Singh informed that initially 25 cities/towns were selected for PMAY in Phase-I 2015-17. Housing demand survey was conducted according to the guidelines and formats prescribed by union Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation in these selected cities/towns through Comtech Institute of Technology, he added.
He said the DPR in case of selected towns in Phase-I for 37 new projects with 4,915 EWS beneficiaries of 24 towns (except Jammu city) have been prepared and are awaiting appraisal.
