40% JNNURM houses vacant, 20% sold or rented

VISAKHAPATNAM: Over two years after the government handed over the keys of nearly 8,000 low-cost houses developed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) housing scheme to the beneficiaries, a staggering 40% of the houses are still lying unoccupied. This, even as nearly 20% of the houses have been put on rent or sold off by the beneficiaries, while the remaining 40% are occupied by persons that the government officials are yet to identify. These are the startling findings of a recent sample survey carried out by the Greater...