Over 18,000 houses get nod for Uttarakhand under PMAY-Gramin

DEHRADUN: The Centre has approved an additional 18,602 houses for Uttarakhand under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna – Gramin (PMAY-G).

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the state was getting the benefits of “double engine” and credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union rural development minister Giriraj Singh for approving the additional houses for the Himalayan state.

“The state government is trying its best to ensure that the development plans are implemented on the ground. We are making the required efforts to take the benefits of development to the people standing in the far flung and remote areas of Uttarakhand,” CM Dhami said.

Dhami had requested the Centre for allocation of additional targets under the PMAY-G.