Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 1.75 lakh houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday via video conference.
In the event titled PM Gramin Grah Pravesh he spoke to the beneficiaries from Dhar, Singrauli and Gwalior and congratulated them, “Your celebrations this Diwali, and on other festivals will be at another level. Had it not been for the corona phase, your Pradhan Sevak (PM Modi) would have been amidst you in this hour of celebration.”
Ensuring housing for all. Watch. #PMGraminGrihaPravesh https://t.co/SlmgIR3kWt
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2020
Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others also took part in the program held today.
“Under the leadership of PM Modi, we have constructed 17 lakh out of the 20 lakh houses. PM’s dream is that every poor in the country has his own home. With his blessings Madhya Pradesh is swiftly moving forward in this direction,” MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said.
The PMAY launched in 2015, is part of the scheme to provide affordable housing to urban and rural poor. The target is to build 20 million houses by 2022.
