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Modi misleading Gujarat's urban poor on homes: Ajay Maken
Saturday December 08, 2012 10:32:50 PM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad: Union
Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken
Saturday mounted a scathing attack on Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi for consistently making false promises on homes for
the poor in the state.
"While in 2002, Modi had promised to make 15 lakh houses, a
promise totally unfulfilled, he has again promised to build 50
lakh houses in the run-up to the current elections," Maken said
here.
"Leave apart constructing houses, the Gujarat government is not
even implementing the schemes for which the central government is
providing funds," he added.
Maken elaborated: "After having sanctioned construction of 139,490
houses for the urban poor under JNNURM (at a cost of Rs.2,492.81
crore), only 55,399 houses have been allotted and occupied."
"Seventy-three per cent of the total admissible grant by the
central government had been given to the Gujarat government,
despite this performance. This is an insult to the hopes and
aspirations of the poor people of Gujarat," he said.
He blamed the Gujarat government under Modi's leadership for the
delay in implementing the central government's Rajiv Awas Yojana
for Slum Free ('Jhopri Mukt') India in eight cities in the state (Ahmedabad,
Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bharuch, Bhavnagar and
Porbandar), where despite the release of funds in March 2010,
plans have not been completed.
"On the basis of preparatory work in the Rajiv Awas Yojana, the
central government had set aside Rs.5,000 crore for construction
of houses for the urban poor. Whereas proactive governments like
Madhya Pradesh have been able to get hold of half of the total
sanctioned amount for various projects, the Gujarat government has
not been able to move ahead," Maken said.
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