PM Narendra Modi to attend 'grih pravesh' of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana houses on May 12 in Gandhinagar

GANDHINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over a function to allot houses to beneficiaries of 18,997 houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana at an event in Gandhinagar on May 12. He will also inaugurate another 19,113 houses constructed in urban and rural areas via video link.
On the occasion, the PM will perform a ground-breaking ceremony to construct another 4,331 houses under PMAY (Urban), a state government release said on Tuesday.
Modi will interact via video link with beneficiaries of PMAY who will attend the 'Amrit Awasotsav' programme from across Gujarat, the statement said.
At the event to be organized at the Mahatma Mandir convention centre, the PM will participate in the 'grih pravesh' of 18,997 houses.
The houses under PMAY's urban and rural schemes were constructed in 3,740 villages in Gujarat, the release said.
Around 4,000 beneficiaries from urban and 3,000 from rural areas will remain physically present at the main programme in Gandhinagar. Besides, all the beneficiaries from cities, municipalities, and villages will join virtually from select locations.
"A total of 11.56 lakh houses have been constructed so far in Gujarat under PMAY, including 7.50 lakh houses in urban areas and over 4.06 lakh houses in rural areas," the government release said.