Uttar Pradesh: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday visited Prayagraj for a special purpose as he inaugurated the flats for the poors, built on land confiscated from slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, in Prayagraj. According to reports, he will over the keys to 76 of these flats. On arriving, CM Adiyanath interacted with the children on the site and then inspected the newly-built flats.
A beneficiary said, “It feels great. I could never have imagined that I will get my own house. Now nobody will tell me to leave from here…”
Earlier on June 9, CM Yogi Adityanath allotted a total of seventy-six flats built on the land seized from the possession of Atiq Ahmad to the poor people through a lottery system.
Speaking at the programme, PDA vice-chairman Arvind Chauhan said, “We had got the land seized from Atiq Ahmed in the city where he resided and also used to run his office.” The Authority had completed the construction of 76 flats on this land and these units were allotted through lottery. According to the guidelines of the government, flats were allotted on the basis of the reservation rules for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, physically challenged and senior citizens, Chouhan said.
Each flat is equipped with modern facilities and has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a toilet, a bathroom, a balcony, electricity, sewerage and parking facility, he said.
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