DC EXHORTS ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES TO REGISTER THEMSELVES BY END OF THIS MONTH

Jalandhar

District Administration has received more than 1000 applications under the ongoing registration for the state government’s ambitious Punjab Shehari Awaas Yojna till September 22.

Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma said that out of these applications 282 have been received at the help desk constituted in the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar whereas 781 applications have been received in the 12 other urban local bodies of the district. Out of these applications 19 were from Municipal Council Bhogpur, 224 from Nagar Panchayat Mehatpur, 27 from Municipal Council Phillaur, 12 from Municipal Council Goraya, 46 from Nagar Panchayat Lohian Khaas, 36 from Municipal Council Adampur, 66 from Municipal Council Nurmahal, 84 from Municipal Council Alawalpur, 136 from Municipal Council Kartarpur, 43 from Municipal Council Nakodar, and 44 each from Nagar Panchayats of Bilga and Shahkot, he added.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner during his visit to Kartarpur on Friday reviewed the working of help desk at the office of Municipal Council. During interaction with the staff at the help desk he asked them to enroll more and more eligible beneficiaries so that the benefits of this ambitious scheme could be ensures at grass root level. Mr. Sharma also had interaction with the applicants who had come to the office of council for getting themselves registered under the scheme.

The Deputy Commissioner has also asked the Sub Divisional Magistrates and the Executive Officers of the civic body to personally monitor the filling of forms by the consultants, to ensure that maximum needy people were covered under it. He reiterated that regular monitoring of this flagship program of the state government was must to ensure that dream of urban houseless people to have their own home was fulfilled. Mr. Sharma said that it was the bounden duty of all the officers to take keen interest in this work, so that maximum people could be benefitted from it.

The Deputy Commissioner reiterated Punjab Shehari Awaas yojna was a pro-poor initiative of the state government. He said the eligible people could avail the benefits of this scheme by registering them with the urban local by the end of this month. Mr. Sharma exhorted the people to avail benefits of this scheme by registering them at the earliest.