KCR Starts His Housing Scheme With A Probe On Lakhs Of ‘Missing Houses’

Telangana CM KCR said he would order an inquiry into the scams in Government sponsored housing and promised to punish all people’s representatives, officials and middlemen involved in irregularities.

He quoted statistics and said that as part of the weaker section housing scheme undertaken by successive governments since 1983 till date, 42 lakh houses have been constructed while 5 lakh were in semi-finished stage and 8 lakh more were sanctioned. This alone took the number of houses sanctioned to 55 lakhs. As per the 2011 census, there were 84.21 lakh households in Telangana. KCR said that it means the number of houses taken up under various schemes by erstwhile AP Govt. will mean that more than 50 per cent of the population in Telangana are covered under the housing schemes. But he pointed out how despite these statistics, there is a flood of applications for new houses with the Govt.

“Where have all these houses gone. I will hold an all-party meeting shortly and furnish district and mandal-wise statistics to bring out the truth. We will order a probe into the scandal and punish every one, including politicians involved in it,” he told the Assembly during the motion of thanks to Governor’s address on Friday.

He reiterated his government’s commitment to construct two-bedroom houses for all weaker sections and flats for the slum dwellers in the twin cities and urban areas in Telangana. He also added Telangana will seek Central funding between Rs. 5,000 crore and 10,000 crore to take up the housing program.