84,460 more affordable houses for urban poor sanctioned for five states
Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has approved construction of 84,460 more affordable houses for urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban) in five states with a total investment of USD 465 million for which Central Assistance of USD 190 million has been approved. West Bengal has been sanctioned 47,379 houses, Punjab got 15,209 houses, Jharkhand – 12,814 houses, Kerala got 5,968 houses and Manipur, for the first time has got 3,090 houses approved.
