Telangana: Uttam Blasts BRS for Diluting Housing Scheme Promises

Suryapet: Civil supplies and irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday alleged the previous BRS government had diluted the state's housing programme in the name of the double bedroom scheme.

Inspecting government-funded housing works at Ramaswamygutta, Huzurnagar, which were first taken up during his tenure as housing minister (2013-14), Uttam Kumar said that the earlier BRS government had created a fantasy of double-bedroom houses for the people to get votes.

He said 2,160 Indiramma houses in Huzurnagar would be allocated in three months. SCs, STs, BCs and other minorities would be given priority in allocation, he added.

The minister said a plan was prepared for construction of 4.5 lakh Indiramma houses with a Rs 22,000-crore budget and 3,500 Indiramma houses would be sanctioned to each Assembly constituency. The state government would also extend Rs 5 lakh of financial assistance to the families, which have open plots for construction.

The minister said the BRS had cheated the people by not fulfilling the promise of allocating double-bedroom houses to the poor.

The earlier government intentionally stopped housing schemes taken up by the earlier Congress government in united Andhra Pradesh, he said, adding the BRS government stopped the works of these houses mid-way.

After the Congress government returned to power last year, the housing works were resumed, he said.

Uttam Kumar Kumar said additional classrooms and science laboratories would be constructed in the government junior college of Huzurnagar with a budget of Rs 1 crore.

Earlier, the minister conducted a surprise visit to the area hospital in Huzurnagar. He also distributed cheques of Kalyana Lakshmi scheme (financial assistance for newly married couples) to 325 beneficiaries at a programme held in his camp office.