Jagan asks officials to focus on housing activity, hostels hygiene

AMARAVATI: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday said that priority must be given to housing and the focus should be shifted in developing agency areas. He held a review meeting at his Camp Office on Thursday.

Officials said that for the year 2022-23, Rs 4,318 crore worth houses were sanctioned. In the first phase, 15.6 lakh houses and in the second 5.56 lakh houses were sanctioned and once rains receded the works would be expedited, they said. The officials also said that plans were afoot to complete 70,000 houses phase wise.

Discussing the 'Nadu Nedu' scheme, the Chief Minister suggested that a Special Officer be appointed for monitoring the administration of Gurukul schools, SC, ST, BC Minorities welfare hostels and should be done on the lines of the functioning and SOPs should be prepared besides developing an App.

Constant monitoring should be done on basic amenities, quality of food and administration, he said.

The Chief Minister said that focus should be laid on sanitation in the hostels in the second phase and steps should be taken to include this in the Vidyakanuka kits. "Quality of food being provided should be improved in all government hostels and the menu should be changed daily.All hostels should have internet facility and doctors should regularly visit the hostels and an App should be created to monitor this," Jagan said.

In the meeting, proposals made under Nadu Nedu scheme which included, toilets, electrification, drinking water, painting, repairs, compound walls, mosquito proofing, furniture, bunk beds, garbage bins, modernisation of kitchens and needed materials and utensils besides 55 inch TV set and sports material and library books, were discussed.