NELLORE, February 25, 2015
Updated: February 25, 2015 05:51 IST
Aadhaar seeding for Indiramma housing beneficiaries begins
G. RAVIKIRAN
In an attempt to weed out fake beneficiaries and ensure that the true ones are benefitted, the district authorities have started seeding the Aadhaar cards of all the beneficiaries of Indiramma Housing scheme at a project located at YSR Nagar at Kothur on the Nellore outskirts here.
Despite objections from some quarters to the fresh drive, the officials set said that Aadhaar identification of beneficiaries has also been made mandatory, in addition to the ration cards which were taken as the criterion in the beginning of the project.
Under the YSR Nagar project, as many as 6,000 pucca houses have been proposed to be built for poor families. Nearly half of the houses have been completed, but not many beneficiaries have shifted to the place owing to various reasons. There were complaints in the past that most of the Indiramma houses were of very poor quality when it came to construction.
At that time, vigilance enquiries were also launched into the project. Following these reasons, most of the beneficiaries were residing at different places in the city.
In view of the fresh drive, they were called to their respective houses or plots where their photographs, along with their Aadhaar details were being collected.
At that time, the then opposition parties including the Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress staged protests and demanded action against the alleged irregularities. Several beneficiaries are now alleging that they were made to wait for days together at their plots, but the Aadhaar seeding was not completed on the plea that the staff were busy.
In view of alleged irregularities, Aadhaar details of beneficiaries are being collected
The fresh drive aims at weeding out bogus beneficiaries