New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in a programme – ‘Grih Pravesh’ organised under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in Madhya Pradesh, through video conference. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan also participated in the event.
He inaugurated 1.75 lakh houses built in Madhya Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural).
PM Modi said” “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.”
“I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of the people of Madhya Pradesh for changing the direction and status of the country through his welfare schemes,” Chouhan said.
“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,” he added.
Ensuring housing for all. Watch. #PMGraminGrihaPravesh https://t.co/SlmgIR3kWt
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2020
Modi had on Friday said that this is an important step in achieving the goal of providing houses to the poor by 2022.
“This is another important step in achieving the target of giving a house to every family in the country by 2022. These houses built under PM Awas Yojana-Gramin are proof that the corona pandemic too could not stop the development works,” PM Modi posted on Twitter.
The PMAY is a housing initiative of the Government of India launched in 2015 to provide affordable housing to the urban and the rural poor.
The target of PMAY is to build 20 million affordable houses by March 2022.
