Displaced Gadag Resident Receives New Home

UPDATE - follow-up to Gadag woman gets house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: Khairunnisa S. Shekhattar received her house allotment letter on Monday after living under a railway overbridge on Station Road for nearly 65 years. The Railway Department had demolished her makeshift dwelling because the bridge was in a dilapidated condition.

Allotment Details

She received House No 1 on the first floor of Block No 32 from out of 760 available houses. The allotment was handed over to her as a Deepavali gift during an event at the Gadag-Betageri City Municipal Council premises.

Officials Present

MLA H.K. Patil handed over the letter at the programme. Other leaders present included 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.

Context

This housing support comes after her earlier application under the 'Mane Illadavarge Mane' scheme in 2022 did not result in an allotment. She was later selected as a beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana group housing scheme.