Agartala: Tripura was declared as the best-performing state for implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) scheme in the northeastern region on December 27.
The Union Ministry of Housing Affairs announced the award in a letter sent to the Chief Minister (CM) of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb.
Tripura was selected as the 'Best Performing State,' Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) was selected as 'Best Performing Municipal Corporation' and Belonia as the 'Best Performing Municipal Council'.
The Minister of State of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri recently said in a letter to Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, "… the State of Tripura has been selected as the 'Best Performing State' under the North Eastern & Hilly States category and Hon'ble Prime Minister will felicitate the state. Further, 'Agartala' under 'Best Performing Municipal Corporation' and Belonia under 'Best Performing Municipal Council' categories have been selected for PMAY (U) awards, they will also be felicitated in this event."
The award will be given to the state by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via videoconference on January 1 2021, during which the PM is also going to inaugurate the 'Light House Project' (LHP).
Further, PM Modi had announced 2019-20 as the 'Construction Technology Year'. And as part of it, 54 globally proven innovative technologies were shortlisted for various projects. The 'Light House Project' is a one of a kind project under which 1000 cost-effective, sustainable and climate-resilient flats are to be built across Tripura.
The project is a part of the Prime Minister's vision of 'housing for all by 2022', and LHP is currently being implemented in Agartala (Tripura), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) initiated the Global Housing Technology Challenge India (GHTC-India) in January last year to identify and mainstream proven construction technologies that are sustainable, green and disaster-resilient.