The Jammu Kashmir Housing Board will allot 336 flats to non-locals under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna– PMAY(Urban) Mission in Sunjwan area, Daily Excelsior reported.
Quoting official sources, the newspaper reported that, Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) are coming up at Sunjwan and online applications are invited from the citizens of India, who migrated to Jammu temporarily or permanently, for employment, education and long term tourist visit for allotment of 336 flats under PMAY(U) Mission.
“The scheme titled as “Affordable Rental Housing Complexes” is for providing rental housing for EWS/LIG urban migrants including labour, urban poor (street vendors, rickshaw pullers, other service providers etc.), industrial workers, and migrants working with market, trade associations, educational or health institutions, hospitality sector, long term tourists or visitors, students or any other persons of such category at Sunjwan in Jammu,” they added.
The allotment process will begin from next month (May), adding that in the first phase, 96 flats will be allotted and in the month of October, 240 flats will be allotted to the needy under the PMAY scheme, the report added.
The sources, as per the newspaper, further revealed that the allottees have to pay a nominal rent of a flat excluding electricity and water bills that have to be paid separately.
“So far 96 flats are ready for allotment and the desiring can avail the facility. which has one room, kitchen, hall and bathroom for a period of 25 years,” sources asserted.
They added that after every two years, rent will be hiked by eight percent and the applicants can apply online by May 15 and the final allotment will be made only after the verification of the original documents to be submitted when called for.