Uttar Pradesh: Land confiscated from Atiq will be home to 76 beneficiaries

Yogi Adityanath had laid the foundation stone for the housing project on this 1731-square-metre site in Lukerganj area of the city

PGurus Newsdesk

June 29, 2023

Yogi Adityanath had laid the foundation stone for the housing project on this 1731-square-metre site in Lukerganj area of the city

CM Yogi to handover 76 flats built on illegal land seized from slain gangster Atiq Ahmed in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hand over the keys to selected beneficiaries of the 76 affordable housing units constructed for the poor on land confiscated from slain mafia-politician Atiq Ahmad, at a specially organized event on June 30.

Yogi Adityanath, on December 26, 2021, laid the foundation stone for the housing project on this 1731-square-metre site in the Lukerganj area of the city.

A lottery of these 76 flats was then taken out on June 9 to select the 76 final beneficiaries who would now get the keys to their homes on June 30. A total of 6,030 people applied for these flats in the housing scheme.

In October 2021, the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) prepared a blueprint for the construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) on this plot of land that was freed from mafia-politician Atiq Ahmad as part of a crackdown against him and his gang in 2021. A tender had also been issued for the construction of this housing complex.

Yogi Adityanath would also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of more than 250 development projects worth Rs.750 crore in the district.

A total of 75 flats have been built in multi-storey buildings with each flat built in an area of 34.09 square metres. A community hall and a park have also been built in the residential complex.

According to officials, this project had been taken up by the District Urban Development Authority (DUDA) under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), and the flats were built in two blocks.

Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) had also invited objections in the run-up to the lottery phase. After disposing of the objections, the PDA finally announced the date of the lottery along with a list of 1590 eligible candidates.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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