PM Modi to inaugurate biggest housing project for economically weak sections in Maharashtra's Solapur next month

PM Modi will be inaugurating the largest housing project for economically weaker sections at Solapur, in Maharashtra, next month

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the largest housing project for economically weaker sections at Solapur, in Maharashtra, next month, a senior government official said on September 15.

The project at Raynagar in Solapur is spread over 100 acres and comprises 30,000 homes, of which 15,000 have already been built, Maharashtra's additional chief secretary Valsa Nair Singh said.

"The biggest economically weaker section housing scheme is now in the final stages of being built at a place called Raynagar in Solapur. PM Modi is coming next month to inaugurate it," the bureaucrat said, addressing a summit organised by industry lobby Naredco.

Every house is 300 sq ft and will be costing ₹6 lakh for the beneficiaries, she said, adding that to be eligible, a family has to have an earning of less than ₹3 lakh per year.

The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) is executing the project, which also has assistance from the central government's PMAY.

According to officials, it is a set of seven housing societies and the beneficiaries include unorganised workers, textile workers, beedi workers, construction workers, ragpickers and garment workers.

Meanwhile, Nair said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to kick-start the multi-thousand crore Dharavi redevelopment project will be signed very soon.