Andhra CM to hand over 8,912 more Tidco houses

19 Jun 2023 CW Team

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will inaugurate Tidco housing colony and hand over the flats to the beneficiaries in Gudivada town of Krishna district. About 8,912 flats were constructed in the last four years at an estimated cost of Rs 178 crore. The Tidco colony was spread over nearly 77 acres of land in the town.

Construction of another 4,500 houses adjacent to the Tidco colony is under progress. The government has granted as many as 7,728 house plots in an extent of nearly 178.63 acres under Pedalanadiki Illu Navarathnalu scheme from which construction of nearly 45,000 are nearing completion. This colony would be named as YSR Jagananna housing colony.

“The CM will formally hand over 8,912 flats to the beneficiaries today. We are giving away all the flats with 300 sqft just for 1,” said former minister and local legislator Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani).

Housing minister Jogi Ramesh explained that they have completed nearly 1,43,600 flats with 300sqft which have been granted to the beneficiaries for just 1. He said that women beneficiaries got a relief of about Rs 9,406 crore.

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