City and Industrial Development Corporation will draw a lottery for 89,000 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
This information was shared by CIDCO MD Sanjay Mukherjee, and is expected to benefit many citizens from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and nearby areas.
In 2018-19, CIDCO had also drawn lottery for more than 14,000 houses under Mahagrihanirman Yojana and the winners of this lottery were allotted houses by Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Reports state that a total of 14,838 houses were allotted as per the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and these were constructed at 11 places in 5 nodes namely Ghansoli, Kharghar, Kalamboli, Taloja and Dronagiri in Navi Mumbai.
The keys were distributed to 100 beneficiaries by Minister Eknath Shinde.
Out of this lottery, 5262 houses were made available for the economically weaker sections and 9576 houses were made available for the low income group. The houses are one BHK and the floor area of the houses for both economically weaker section and the low income group were also announced during the event.
Meanwhile, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), over the last few weeks, has been taking strict action against unauthorised constructions in Ghansoli, Belapur and Airoli areas. Officials have informed that the notices were issued to the respective project owners to stop the construction, however, despite that, the construction work of many projects continued. Owing to this, the authorities from the civic body has to intervene to demolish the project. Warnings have been given by the NMMC stating that if any such projects are found in the future, the civic body will take strict measures.