400 allottees of Silchar Municipal areas received PMAY sanctioned letters today. MLA, Silchar, Dilip Kumar Paul, MLA, Udharbond, Mihir Kanti Shome, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar Keerthi Jalli, and Executive Officer, Silchar Municipal Board, Sumit Sattawan attended the ceremonial distribution programme jointly organised by Town & Country Planning and Silchar Municipal Board under the aegis of District Administration Cachar at Gandhi Bhavan.

‘Since the present government came to power, the government is spending crores of rupees on development alone and it was important to ensure proper utilisation of the funds allocated by the government’, echoed Silchar MLA Dilip Kumar Paul.

He stated that by March 2022, two crore people will benefit under PMAY scheme in the country. Diminishing involvement of any middlemen between the government and the beneficiary, Paul urged all the beneficiaries to refrain from taking any help from the third party. 

Under PMAY, the beneficiary receives Rs.80,000 as the first instalment and Rs.90,000 as the second instalment. These are directly transferred to their bank accounts. After completion of construction of their houses, the balance 30,000 will be transferred to their respective accounts.

MLA, Udharbond, Mihir Kanti Shome said urged the beneficiaries to maintain their bank accounts on a regular basis so that they receive the instalments regularly.

Addressing the gathering, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, Keerthi Jalli highlighted the initiatives of the government, where the eligible beneficiaries are getting benefits for constructing their houses under PMAY scheme. 

While emphasising on the objectives of PMAY, she said the scheme aims at providing affordable housing to the poor people with a target to build their own houses by 31st March 2022. “The scheme has two components viz., Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (urban) for the urban poor and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (poor) for rural poor people. This scheme is converged with other schemes to ensure that the dwelling units have a toilet, electricity connection, Ujwala Yojana LPG gas connection, access to drinking water and Jan Dhan banking facility etc,” she said. 

Jalli said due to COVID pandemic situation, the process got delayed. She urged all the beneficiaries to complete the construction works of their respective houses under PMAY scheme before the monsoon season starts. Echoing the message of MLA, Silchar, the Deputy Commissioner also requested the beneficiaries not to fall in the trap of middlemen. 

Executive Officer, Silchar Municipal Board cum Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sumit Sattawan requested the beneficiaries to come forward if they required any sort of assistance during the working hours on weekdays at his office.

Earlier, Deputy Commissioner Jalli, Executive Officer, Silchar Municipal Board, Sattawan and MLA Silchar, Dilip Kumar Paul visited and attended a ‘griho pravesh’ ceremony of one of the beneficiaries, Subir Acharjee at Dakaipatty of Ward No.4 under Silchar Municipal Board after ceremonially inaugurating it.