Pune: Officials of the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), which is the executing authority of the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme under the PMRDA region, has received 41,466 applications through online mode to build houses under the PMAY beneficiary-led construction scheme.
Officials of PMRDA said that out of the 41,466 applications received by the authority, around 15,196 applications have been approved and the beneficiaries have received a benefit of Rs 2.5 lakh each.
Similarly, the officials said that about 23 developers have shown interest to build homes under PMAY scheme on PPP model and of the 43,489 planned units, prices of 31,334 homes will be decided by PMRDA. Officials said that out of the 43,489 planned units, 30,191 have been approved by PMRDA till date.
In other developments, the PMRDA awarded the contract of systematic end-to-end implementation of the project to infrastructure consultancy firm Rudrabhishek Enterprises Ltd (REPL). The agreement was signed by Prabhakar Kumar (GM and Head - Planning, REPL) and Pravin Kumar Deore, Additional Municipal Commissioner of PMRDA. The end-to-end implementation will include the development of implementation portal for the project so as to enable end-to-end paperless online execution of the project, development of in-house MIS system and android application for project monitoring and beneficiary complaint redressal, demand generation through various publicity mediums, door-to-door validation of the beneficiaries for eligibility under scheme and document scrutiny, data compilation and data cleaning, preparation of Detailed Project Report of eligible beneficiaries, MIS entry and attachment of DPR beneficiaries on Central MIS portal, issuing confirmation letter to the beneficiary, measuring drawing survey for the beneficiary plot, preparing, approving and distributing building plans, issuing a work order to beneficiaries, instructing the local contractor appointed by beneficiaries, construction monitoring at different stages and geo-tagging of the beneficiary house at different levels and processing timely installments to the beneficiary through PFMS at respective construction stages.
The implementation of the scheme will be done in 842 villages, which come under PMRDA and proposed for urbanisation. As per the census 2011, the estimated housing demand in the area is around 85,000.
Pradeep Misra, CMD, REPL, said, “The benefits of the scheme make a great impact on the socio-economic structure of the nation. With the government taking steady and swift steps towards achieving the target, this will prove to be of much benefits to the huge populace of the country. Backed by the successful execution of various projects in five different states in the country, we are high on confidence that we will be able to execute this project effectively.”
Prabhakar Kumar, GM and Head Planning at REPL, said, “The implementation of PMAY-BLC scheme in Pune Metropolitan Region spread across 7,256.46 sq km with a population of 75,41,946 as per census 2011 covering 9 tehsils out of 14 tehsils in Pune district. The project has already commenced on July 26, 2019 and within a month, DPR of approximately 9,500 beneficiaries have already been approved at the state level and sent for approval of Central government.”
