Centre very close to realising PMAY dreams: Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said the Modi government has sanctioned 1.19 crore houses under the PMAY (urban) and 75 Lakh houses have already been delivered to beneficiaries.
The owner of the house would be either a lady or it will be in the joint ownership. Speaking with NewsX here, the Minister said the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) has brought in a pan India behavioural shift cleanliness, according to a statement. Solid waste processing has gone up from 17 per cent in 2014 to 76 per cent today, the Housing and Urban Affairs Minister said.
He said the construction of about 73.6 lakh individual and community toilets have made cities and towns open defecation free. On the issue of Kharge not attending the Independence Day function at the Red Fort, he said that he attended family-controlled programme and it shows his inner mentality and personality. Earlier in the day, Mallikarjun Kharge skipped the Independence Day function at the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation. A picture of an empty seat reserved for the Congress president also did rounds on social media, with BJP saying that it reflects “the grand old party’s mindset”.