Washim: 101 homes for differently-abled
For the first time in the state, a Municipal Council has sent a proposal under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to construct homes for the differently-abled. Washim Municipal Council’s proposal has already received the appraisal committee’s nod, and it has to go through the state-level monitoring committee before it is sent to the Centre for final approval.
The proposal is for construction of 101 homes in Wahim. Ganesh Shete, chief officer of Washim Municipal Council, said that a senior bureaucrat from the state Housing department had said that the government was considering writing to the Prime Minister’s Office about the proposal, in the hope that it can find a mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat radio programme.
Under PMAY, Centre and state governments contribute Rs 2.5 lakh for every beneficiary buying a house. The size of the homes for economically weaker section is 30 sqmt.
The project in Washim came into existence after Shete and his team organised regular workshops for the differently abled people in the city. The exercise was aimed at disseminating information about all the schemes of the Central government dealing with insurance, medical help and other issues.
“After this, we conducted a special survey in the …read more
