Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath handed over allotment letters for flats to 76 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in Prayagraj on Friday. He said the flats for the low-income groups were built on land freed from the illegal possession of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed.
The flats were allotted through a lottery earlier this month. Mr. Adityanath said all the development authorities in U.P. should build houses for the poor on the land freed from the possession of mafia groups.
“Prior to 2017, governments used to stand by the mafia groups due to which the State was not able to develop. The poor and marginalised were forced to settle in huts while earning their living. Now, the State government is standing with the poor,” the CM said at the event.
