As part of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, 10,000 houses in TN to be fitted with solar panels

The project will cost Rs 253 cr

In a first of its kind under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation today approved fitting of roof top solar energy panels over 10,000 houses belonging to economically weaker sections in Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs 253 crore.

This 'green' proposal of the state government was approved by an Inter-Ministerial Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (CSMC) chaired by Dr Nandita Chatterjee, Secretary(HUPA).

According to official release from the Minister, Unit Cost of greening these 10,000 EWS houses in 157 Town Panchayats is estimated to be Rs 2.53 lakh per house. Of this, Ministry of HUPA will provide an assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh per house while the state government will contribute Rs 0.60 lakh and the beneficiary's contribution will be Rs 0.43 lakh.

The Committee today also approved construction of 7,204 houses under Affordable Housing in Partnerhsip (AHP) component of PMAY (Urban) in nine cities and towns at a total cost of Rs 572 crore with cost of construction ranging from Rs. 7.22 lakh to Rs.8.46 lakh per house. Of this, central assistance will be Rs 1.50 lakh per house and the rest will be borne by the state government and beneficiaries.

As per the Committee's approval, another 6,272 houses of Economically Weaker Sections will be improved with required additional construction at a total cost of Rs188 crore under the 'Beneficiary led Construction' component of urban housing mission in 9 cities. For this, central government will provide an assistance of Rs1.50 lakh per each beneficiary while the state government and beneficiary will contribute Rs 0.60 lakh and 0.90 lakh per house resepctively.

Of the total cost of construction/improvement of 23,476 houses in Tamil Nadu approved today, central government will provide a total assistance of Rs 352.14 crore.