25% JNNURM houses vacant: Supriyo to RS

Almost 25 per cent of houses constructed across the country for the urban poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) are yet to be occupied by the beneficiaries, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

MoS for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supriyo said 10 states – Maharashtra Gujarat, Delhi, MP, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, UP, Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka –accounted for 92 per cent of the total houses lying vacant.

Among the good performers in occupation of JNNURM houses are Tripura, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Manipur and Jharkhand. Supriyo said under JNNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana, a total of 1,695 housing projects were sanctioned at a cost of Rs 40,536 cr.