Vijayawada, July 24 (FN Agency) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy reiterated that the government is committed to provide houses for the houseless poor. He laid the foundation stone for the construction of 50,793 houses for the poor in the CRDA region and for 45 social infrastructure projects in the Krishnayapalem layout in the capital city Amaravati region. Addressing a huge public meeting after laying foundation stone and unveiling a pylon here on Monday, Reddy described the event as victory over the evil forces that have created obstacles in distribution of house site pattas by moving the Supreme Court. “The Government is spending Rs.1829.57 crore on this project, out of which Rs.1371.41 crore will be incurred for the construction of houses and Rs. 384.42 crore will be spent towards infrastructure facilities like roads, electricity and drinking water,” the Chief Minister said.Once the construction is over, the worth of each house will go up to around Rs. 12 lakh,” he claimed, and formally handed over the house sanctioning papers to the beneficiaries. The most disgusting thing is the opposition leaders went to the apex court unabashedly claiming that distribution of house site pattas in Amaravati would endanger the demographic balance.
“What is worse is that they took it as their heroism. We have never seen such moral degradation and dirty politics.For the last three years, the Government has been fighting a war over the evil forces that were opposing all good things and reforms being done for the poor,” Reddy said. While the Government had spent over Rs. 2,25,000 crore through DBT for welfare schemes in full transparency in the last four years, TDP Chief N Chandrababu failed to do any good during his term. The Chief Minister announced that an amount of Rs 73.74 crore would be spent towards 45 social infrastructure projects including 11 anganwadi centers, 11 schools, 11 digital libraries and 12 hospitals to cater to educational and health needs of the residents of Jagananna Colonies. He planted saplings as part of the Vanamahotsavam and inspected the model house. Reddy has also interacted with the beneficiaries. Housing Minister J Ramesh, Mangalagiri MLA A Ramakrishna Reddy, Bapatla MP N Suresh and Guntur district Collector, M. Venugopala Reddy, also spoke on the occasion.