Zameer asks officials to allot 12,000 houses in 30 days

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with the slow progress of building and allotting houses under the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation.

He pointed out that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had set the ambitious goal of building one lakh houses, adding that to meet the aim they should allot 12,000 houses in a month’s time.

The houses come under the purview of the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation.

“A status report must be submitted about all the ongoing projects across the state and included in the report regarding the scarcity of funds if any, or other problems,” Zameer told officials.

The minister also took the officials to task for releasing more funds than stipulated to the contractors of the housing project and sought to know why the money was not released in installments and the reasons for releasing it without the completion of works.

“These things would not be allowed in the future. The allotment letters should not be distributed to the allotted without the collection of their share of the funds and the bank guarantee,” Zameer said.