Gadag woman gets house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

The homeless woman receiving her allotment letter from MLA H.K. Patil in Gadag on Monday.

A woman who had been rendered homeless following the demolition of her makeshift dwelling beneath a railway overbridge in Gadag received a house allotment letter under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana on Monday.

The allotment was made as a Deepavali gift at a programme held on the premises of the Gadag-Betageri City Municipal Council on Monday.

Khairunnisa S. Shekhattar had been living in a makeshift dwelling beneath the railway overbridge on Station Road for nearly 65 years.

The Railway Department had removed the dwelling as the bridge was in a dilapidated condition, leaving her without shelter.

Though she had applied for a house under the “Mane Illadavarge Mane” (Home for the Homeless) scheme in 2022, her application had not resulted in an allotment.

She was subsequently selected as a beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 3630 (G+1) group housing scheme.

She has been allotted House No 1 on the first floor of Block No 32 from among the 760 houses available for allotment under the scheme.

Gadag MLA H.K. Patil handed over the allotment letter to her at the programme.

MLC S.V. Sankanur, district president of the Guarantee Schemes Implementation Authority B.B. Asuti, taluk president Ashok Mandali, Chairman of Gadag Urban Development Authority Akbar Sab Babarchi and others were present.