The rural development department (RDD) has served ‘white’ and ‘red’ notices on 2.21 lakh beneficiaries of thePM Awas Yojana(gramin) in the state for not constructing pucca houses allotted under the scheme even though the required for the purpose had been released into their personal bank accounts.<\/p>\n
While the department’s Awaas Sahayak (AS) and Awaas Paryavekshak (AP) are responsible to monitor and motivate the beneficiaries regarding the construction of their pucca houses in time, Rs 1.20 lakh is given to each beneficiary in three instalments to get the construction done under the scheme.<\/p>\n
Sources said 1.27 lakh beneficiaries have been served ‘white’ notice, which are like a warning to get their pucca houses constructed so as to escape the departmental action against them.<\/p>\n
There are seven districts — Gaya, East Champaran, Madhubani, Begusarai, Nawada, Araria and Madhepura — where the number of defaulter beneficiaries is in the range of around 25,000 to over 11,000, in the descending order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"