Anantapur to construct 1.11 lakh Jagananna houses in 407 layouts

A coordinated effort among all stakeholders and implementing departments is essential for the timely completion of the government’s prestigious ‘Jagananna Illu’ scheme in the district that has an ambi

A coordinated effort among all stakeholders and implementing departments is essential for the timely completion of the government’s prestigious ‘Jagananna Illu’ scheme in the district that has an ambitious target of constructing 1,11,099 houses in the first phase in 407 layouts, said Joint Collector (Housing) T. Nishanthi. At a review meeting with the officers of the implementing departments here on Tuesday, she said that sand was available at eight reaches, while infrastructure facilities were in various stages of creation. About ₹21 crore was being spent on 246 layouts of 355 in the AHUDA region for taking up water supply works by the Rural Water Supply Department and ₹27.05 crore for creating similar facilities in 50 layouts in 12 Urban Local Bodies by the Public Health Engineering Department.