Telangana CM launches mobile app for Indiramma housing scheme

Hyderabad, Dec 5 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday launched a special mobile app to select beneficiaries under the Indiramma housing scheme of the state government.

The beneficiaries under the scheme will be selected from Friday. Officials will visit villages to verify the applications and select beneficiaries.

Under the first phase of the scheme, the government will provide assistance to the poor for the construction of 4.5 lakh houses. The government will sanction Rs 5 lakh to eligible poor beneficiaries who own a plot, towards the construction of houses.

In the subsequent phase, a housing site and Rs 5 lakh will be allotted to landless poor. The scheme was launched by the Chief Minister at Bhadrachalam in Bhadradri Kothagudem district on March 11.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said 3,500 houses will be built in each Assembly constituency under the first phase.

The poorest of the poor will be given priority under the scheme. Dalits, tribals, agriculture workers, physically challenged, sanitation workers, single women and transgenders will get priority.