EC Halts Jagan’s House Sites for Poor Scheme

The State Election Commission had applied brakes for YS Jagan Mohan Reddy‘s Government plan to distribute house sites to 25 Lakh Eligible Poor in all the Thirteen Districts of Andhra Pradesh. The Government has planned to do that on 25th of this month as Ugadi Special.

But State Election Commissioner, Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar instructed all District Collectors and Election Officials to not to allow this program as the Model Code of Conduct is underway for the Local Elections. Andhra Pradesh High Court also made adverse comments against this scheme during the Code.

The Government planned to distribute 26.6 lakh house-site pattas to the poor by Ugadi festival in 14,097 YSR Jagananna housing colonies. The State Government earmarked 5000 Crore to acquire the necessary lands from the farmers in various districts. The State Government also set a target of constructing 30 Lakh houses for the poor by 2024.

It has become controversy when the state Government tried to distribute around 900 acres of land in the Capital Region from the lands pooled from the farmers. Andhra Pradesh High Court had finished hearing the arguments of both the parties in this case and has reserved its judgment.