Jagan fulfils vow by handing over TIDCO houses to beneficiaries

Mallayapalem (Krishna dist) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy formally handed over to the beneficiaries Rs. 800 crore worth 8,912 TIDCO houses built in a single layout of 77 acres in Gudivada Municipal limits-a promise he made after coming to power.

Addressing a huge public meeting here on Friday before handing over houses to the beneficiaries, he said the government is fulfilling its promise of handing over 300 square feet TIDCO houses to the beneficiaries for just Re.1 each.

“The government is not just building the houses. It is constructing new villages and colonies with basic infrastructure,” he said, adding the Mahayagnam of constructing the habitations will continue unabated.

The Chief Minister said that adjacent to the TIDCO houses, 7,728 house sites were allotted in an area of 178.63 acres for the poor and construction of 4,500 houses in the Jagananna Colony is in progress, leading to the habitation of around 16, 240 families.

Across the State, the government is giving away 300 square feet TIDCO houses to 1, 43,600 beneficiaries for just Re.1 each spending a total amount of Rs.9,406 crore while in the TDP rule, similar beneficiaries were asked to pay Rs.3,000 per month for 20 years, he pointed out.

The Chief Minister sanctioned 4,200 houses for poor under the Navaratnalu-Pedalandariki Illu in addition to the 8,859 houses already sanctioned in Gudivada constituency, making it a total of 13,145 houses. He disclosed that an expenditure of Rs.1782 crore is being incurred totally in Gudivada constituency alone on house sites, construction of Jagananna colonies and TIDCO houses.

While the TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu didn’t give even a single cent of land to the poor during his rule, 30.60 lakh house site pattas were distributed to the poor women of all sections in the last four years while construction of 21 lakh houses is in progress, he said.