Draw of lots held to select 1,920 affordable flats’ beneficiaries in Hyderabad

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(From left) Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh, Hyderabad in-charge Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Telangana Housing Board’s Vice Chairman V.P. Gautham at the draw of lots in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

The draw of lots to select beneficiaries of 1,920 affordable flats at Indiramma Housing towers proposed to be constructed in L.B. Nagar, Musheerabad, Goshamahal and Chandrayangutta Assembly constituencies, were held on Tuesday. Hyderabad in-charge Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said that Indiramma houses would also be sanctioned for people who have land in the city but cannot afford to build a house. 

Inaugurating the draw of lots along with Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh, Mr. Prabhakar said that ground breaking ceremonies would be organised in the four constituencies soon. The government has earlier announced plans to build 1 lakh affordable flats within Core Urban Region Economy (CORE) limits. Lands belonging to Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) and Police department too were allotted for construction of housing towers for the poor, he said. 

So far, beneficiaries were selected for the affordable flats — yet to be constructed — in 20 Assembly constituencies within Outer Ring Road (ORR) limits.   

The Board’s Vice Chairman V. P. Gautham said that a notification would be released for the houses in four more constituencies within ORR limits. 

The Board would hold mop-up draw of lots on Wednesday to re-allot 1,700 flats in 14 other Assembly constituencies. While the process to select beneficiaries in 16 Assembly constituencies, including the 14 constituencies, was completed in August last week, some of them were found ineligible during field-level verification and other reasons. People who have already applied for the houses and found eligible would be considered for the draws. This would be streamed live on Housing Department’s YouTube handlehttps://youtube.com/@tghd.official.

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