13,300 Families Get 2BHK Houses

HYDERABAD: The second phase of distribution of 2BHK houses within GHMC limits saw 13,300 families being handed over units in eight different places in the presence of minister K.T. Rama Rao and here on Thursday.

With this, the government has completed distribution of 30,000 houses; another 70,000 will be handed over soon.

Amid a festive spirit, the beneficiaries were taken to their houses by the respective leaders in specially arranged buses.

Rama Rao launched the programme from Quthbullapur, while finance minister T. Harish Rao distributed 4,800 houses to the beneficiaries at Kollur-II. Home minister Md. Mahmood Ali distributed 1,268 houses in Thattiannaram.

Addressing the gathering, Rama Rao said, “The 2BHK dignity housing programme is India’s largest slum redevelopment programme. No Congress or BJP state government has taken up a housing programme where the poor are allotted houses free of cost.”

He said, “The houses are being allocated to the truly deserving beneficiaries. Officials are maintaining complete transparency. No public representative has a say in the computer-based lottery process.”