Speed of Building PMAY Houses Improved During Pandemic: PM Narendra Modi
News 18Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the average time of building a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana came down to 45 to 60 days during the pandemic from 125 days as migrants, who returned home during the lockdown, also contributed towards it. "This has become possible as the migrants who returned home during the coronavirus-induced lockdown also joined the work and availed benefits of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan,under which Rs 23,000 crore have been spent on infrastructure and other works," he said. Modi also praised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for linking 27 government schemes with the PMAY. While speaking to Pyarelal Yadav from Singrauli, Modi said, "For removing poverty, it is important to strengthen the poor and this scheme has developed self-confidence in them sothat they can sleep peacefully in their house at the end of the day after toiling hard."