Published 12:18 IST, October 4th 2019

Madhya Pradesh woman thrashes official for wrong allocation of houses

A woman who was a part of an angry group, in Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday, beat up a government official with slippers over an argument regarding the PMAY scheme

Reported by: Ria Kapoor
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A woman who was a part of an angry group, in Mhya Presh, on Thursday, beat up a government official with slippers. incident took place over an argument regarding Prhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Gwalior. women alleged that y h t been allocated houses properly under PMAY. 

Video shows displeasure of women

In a video that news ncy ANI shared on its official Twitter p, group of women can be seen having a verbal spat with officer while one woman in a green saree can be seen beating him with a slipper. women alleged that officer-in-charge did t allocate houses under scheme properly.  While demanding justice, women said that corrective measures to rectify improper allocation of houses under centre’s scheme should be done as soon as possible. situation got out of hand when official, paying heed to women, started to walk away. woman in green did t let situation go and ran after him before thrashing him with slipper.

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What is Prhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Prhan Mantri Awas Yojana was launched by Government of India in order to boost affordability of houses against an inflated real estate sector. scheme that is under Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry earlier h target of achieving its objective of “Housing for All” by 31 March 2022, by constructing 20 million houses across nation. In August this year, however, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that government is on track with target of achieving ‘Housing for All’ by 2020, two years prior to earlier set deline. For scheme, nearly 54 lakh houses have been grounded for construction so far under central scheme, while over 90 lakh houses have been sanctioned.

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(With ANI inputs)

10:17 IST, October 4th 2019