Homeless Woman Receives New House Under Housing Scheme in Gadag

Khairunnisa S. Shekhattar received a home allotment letter under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana during a Deepavali event held at the Gadag-Betageri City Municipal Council premises on Monday. She had lived in a temporary shelter under the Station Road railway overbridge for close to 65 years until the Railway Department cleared the site because the structure was falling apart. She had previously sought a home through the Mane Illadavarge Mane initiative back in 2022 without success before getting chosen for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana group housing project. She received House Number 1 on the first floor of Block Number 32 out of a total of 760 units built under the project. Local legislator H.K. Patil personally delivered the allotment document to her during the gathering. Several other officials attended the event, including MLC S.V. Sankanur, Guarantee Schemes Implementation Authority district president B.B. Asuti, taluk president Ashok Mandali, and Gadag Urban Development Authority Chairman Akbar Sab Babarchi.

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Government welfare schemes often step in to assist vulnerable residents who lose their shelters due to public safety clearances. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana aims to provide affordable housing options to eligible families across urban and rural parts of the country.