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Chamarajanagar ZP survey finds 35,050 houseless families in 2024-25

Representative image created by AI MYSURU: The Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat has identified 35,050 houseless families and 4,471 site-less families during its recent 2024-25 survey. They have recommended the construction of homes for these families, pending state approval for houses to be allocated under various government housing schemes. Among the 35,050 identified houseless families, Chamarajanagar taluk reported the highest with 11,582, followed by Gundlupet (10,782), Hanur (3,729), Kollegal (4,499), and Yelandur (4,458). This survey also revealed that 11,358 of these families belong to Scheduled Castes, 4,453 to Scheduled Tribes, and 19,239 to other categories. For the 4,471 site-less families, the breakdown…

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Rising Construction Costs Stall PMAY-G Progress in Mysuru

Representative image created by AI MYSURU: The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), the government’s flagship rural housing scheme, is encountering substantial delays in the Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts. This is largely due to rising construction material and labor costs. In Mysuru, there are 20,908 houses planned for the fiscal year 2024-25, but only 64.4% of the work has been completed so far. Chamarajanagar has made even less progress, with only 27.2% completion. Out of the 20,908 houses set for Mysuru, 13,462 beneficiaries have begun construction after receiving their allotment letters, leaving 7,466 others still awaiting theirs. In Chamarajanagar, of the…