Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana has said Andhra Pradesh has been sanctioned a total of 5.39 lakh houses and it will make use of latest technologies to complete them on time.
The Minister, who laid the foundation for 2,520 houses at Satyanarayanapuram in Anakapalle, said shear wall technology would be used to complete the houses in all respects in 15 months.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was firm on completion of the houses on time to prove the efficiency of the State government.
After a visit to various countries, the government took a decision to provide housing to the poor with quality construction.
Earth-quake resistant houses would be constructed with all amenities like marble kitchen structure, bath tiles and racks on the lines of gated communities, at a cost of ₹3,500 to ₹4,500 an sft and school, anganwadi and primary health centre would also be provided, Mr. Narayana said.
A whopping ₹35,000 crore was needed to achieve the goal of housing for all by 2020, the Minister pointed out.
Of the 36,000 houses sanctioned for Visakhapatnam, 18,000 were grounded.
The Minister inspected sites for housing at Parawada, China Mushidivada, Bakannapalem, Rajivnagar and Endada. Residents of various colonies represented their problems to the Minister and he asked officials concerned to take the necessary action.
MLAs Peela Govinda Satyanarayana, Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy, P.G.V.R. Naidu, Velagapudi Ramakrishnababu and P. Vishnu Kumar Raju, Municipal Commissioner M. Hari Narayanan, Director, Municipal Administration, Kannababu, A.P. Township and Infrastructure Development Corporation Managing Director Mydeen Diwan, VUDA Vice-Chairman P. Basanth Kumar and Joint Collector G. Srijana accompanied the Minister.
Dig at Jagan
Responding to question on Leader of the Opposition Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s padayatra during media interaction, Mr. Narayana said he took up the ‘drama’ to escape from appearing in the CBI court every Friday. (The courts disallowed his plea of exemption.)
Mr. Reddy’s corruption touched new heights with the mention of his name in the ‘Paradise Papers,’ the Minister alleged.