Talasani Holds Draw of Lots to Select 2BHK Beneficiaries in City

HYDERABAD: Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Thursday launched a draw of lots to select beneficiaries for the distribution of double bedroom-hall-kitchen (2BHK) houses to poor in the GHMC limits. He said 12,000 beneficiaries will be handed over 2BHK units for free in Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts in September.

In all, he said, 70,000 houses will be distributed in six phases. Yadav said that the state government had spent '9.5 lakh on each unit. He said that municipal minister K.T. Rama Rao will start distribution of 2BHKs to selected beneficiaries on September 2 in Quthbullapur.

"Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is the only CM who is providing 2BHK houses for the poor for free. No government has implemented the 2BHK dignity housing scheme for poor except in Telangana. The previous governments used to give cramped houses with no facilities. Even for this, the beneficiaries had to borrow money as the governments used to bear only a partial amount.”
A separate software designed by National Informatics Centre to select beneficiaries through randomisation method was used to select the beneficiaries through draw of lots, he said.

"This method was adopted to ensure transparency in selection process and to eliminate the menace of middlemen. The CM and KTR have issued strict instructions to us not to give any scope for irregularities in selection process and ensure that only the genuine ones get the benefit" Yadav said.