After getting about 2.88 lakh houses under Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY),  the Union Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned 1,30,695 houses under PMAY-Rural, said Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury.

Addressing a press conference at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday afternoon , Chowdhury  said that earlier, the state government has received 2.1 lakh under PMAY-Rural, among them still the construction works for 48,000 houses are under-construction and remaining houses have been completed.

The dreams of Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Haar Ghar Makhan” are now become a reality  for the people of Tripura as majority of the eligible families are getting ‘Pucca’ houses under PMAY scheme, said Chowdhury and added that  under PMAY-Urban, altogether 87,000 houses were sanctioned and among these, the construction works of 53,000 houses have already been completed.

He said that with sanctioning of 1, 30, 695 houses, all eligible beneficiaries will be covered and the majority of the state’s families will have their own Pucca house.

Chowdhury also said that so far Tripura has received above 3 lakh houses under both categories of Rural and Urban of PMAY. With the construction of remaining sanctioned houses, the socio-economic status of rural Tripura will be improved and it will also generate more employment opportunities and a boost in construction material business.