3 L units to be ready by Jan

Vijayawada: Minister for rural housing Kalava Srinivasulu said on Tuesday the state government was trying to complete the construction of three lakh houses in the state by January 2019 to reach the target of completing 10 lakh houses . He said so far 6.88 lakh houses have been completed.

He said the state government had set a target of constructing 13 lakh houses at a cost of Rs.19,000 crore since the TDP was voted to power. Srinivasulu, along with the managing director of the AP State Housing Corporation Kantilal Dande, conducted a review meeting with the officials at the Housing Corporation office in Tadepalli of Guntur district on Tuesday.

Later, briefing the media, the minister said that the government was using advanced technology to check corruption in construction of houses and payment of bills to the contractors.

He said in spite of deficit budget, the government is trying to construct the houses with objective of providing houses to all. He said since the Hudco loan interest was high, the government was trying to mobilise required funds by taking loans from the banks for construction of houses under various housing schemes.