NEW DELHI, Feb 21 - Over 80,000 houses will be built in urban areas in seven States including Mizoram for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) with the Centre on Thursday giving its nod to the proposals which entail a total investment of more than Rs 4,000 crore.
The houses will be built in 163 cities in the seven States. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation said a total Central assistance of Rs 1,226 crore � at the rate of Rs 1.50 lakh for each house � will be provided under the Prime Minister�s Awas Yojana (Urban) with the overall cost of the project estimated to be Rs 4,076 crore.
Mizoram has been sanctioned a total of 8,922 houses, an official release said.
Of the total houses sanctioned, 58,456 will be built under the �Beneficiary-Led Construction� component. Under this, beneficiaries will build new houses on their own land with assistance from the Central and State Governments.
Another 23,301 houses will be built under �Affordable Housing in Partnership� component under which the State Governments will provide land while the Centre would extend assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh per beneficiary.
With the latest approval, the government has so far sanctioned a total of 5.07 lakh houses for EWS in 13 States, the total Central assistance for the same amounting to Rs 7,519 crore.
Under PMAY, the government has a target to aid the construction of two crore houses for urban poor in 4,041 statutory urban local bodies in the country. � PTI