Basavaraj Bommai, the chief minister of Karnataka, ordered the state housing department on Tuesday to finish building seven lakh homes by the end of February 2019.
Monday’s review meeting of the housing department was presided over by CM Bommai, who stated that action must be taken to finish the houses that are at various stages of construction.
“The government is ready to ensure adequate manpower to take up this project as a revolution. Officials must visit every district, hold meetings, and solve problems on the spot,” said CM Bommai.
According to him, housing development under various government programmes needs to be given top priority.
“We are targeting to complete two lakh additional houses of previous years and two to three lakh houses of the current year. This target must be achieved in the next three months,” said CM Bommai.
Additionally, he gave instructions for officials to meet with the leaders of all private banks to discuss the loan disbursements for urban beneficiaries.
In order to build as the government had planned, he claimed that a grant of Rs. 1089 crore had been approved by both the state and federal governments.
“The government can disburse the loan in advance for the initial payment towards houses and collect the money back from the beneficiaries in instalments with the condition that the loan be repaid to the government,” he said.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary N Manjunath Prasad, Housing Minister V Somanna, Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance Department) ISN Prasad, Housing Department Secretary Dr. J Ravishankar, KHB Commissioner Kavita S. Mannikeri, and others.