Housing scheme launched in new avatar

TURA: Meghalaya housing minister Zenith M. Sangma launched the Chief Minister’s Housing Assistance Programme at the Dikki-Bandi Stadium here on Tuesday.
Sangma said the scheme would provide financial assistance and roofing material to the economically weaker sections of the society and would be implemented in both rural and urban areas.
Senior Congress legislators, North Tura MLA, Noverfield R Marak, Rajabala MLA, Ashahel D Shira, MDC and chairperson of GHADC, Sadhiarani Sangma, West Garo Hills DC, Ram Singh and housing director, D. D Sangma and secretary, M N Nampui, among others were present at the function.
“The nomenclature of the Meghalaya Affordable Housing Scheme has been changed to Chief Minister’s Housing Assistance Programme. The government had provided CGI sheets to beneficiaries earlier. But now it has been stopped for some time,” the housing minister informed. “The housing scheme in its new avatar will have two components under which the government intends to provide construction material to the beneficiaries and financial assistance of Rs 75, 000,” he said.
He asserted that the selection committee for listing of beneficiaries would be done both at the district and block levels in order to speed up the process of implementation.