770 shelters for urban homeless being assisted under NULM in 20 states; 270 in operation
Under NULM, construction of a total of 358 new shelters has been sanctioned besides refurbishment of 149 and another 263 shelters are being supported with Operation & Maintenance support under the Mission, in 20 states. This was informed by Shri Babul Supriyo, Mister of State for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation in written reply to Dr.GokarajuGangaraju and Shri Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy in the Lok Sabha today. He also informed that 270 such shelters are in operation in 9 states.
Under ‘Shelters for Urban Homeless’ component of NULM, 75% of the cost of construction of new shelters and refurbishment of existing shelters was provided as central assistance by the Ministry of HUPA. Towards O & M costs, each shelter was getting an assistance of Rs.6.00 lakhs per year.
NULM has been renamed as ‘Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NULM’ last week.
Of the 770 shelters receiving central support under NULM, Madhya Pradesh leads with 133, followed by Tamil Nadu-95, Rajasthan-87, Uttar Pradesh-72, West Bengal-50, Bihar-48, Telangana-41, Jharkhand-35, Mizoram-35 and Andhra Pradesh-31.
Of the 270 shelters for urban homeless in 9 States, Madhya Pradesh again leads with 100 followed by West Bengal-37, Tamil Nadu-33, Mizoram-33, Telanagana-24, Andhra Pradesh-23, Maharashtra-14 and 3 each in Karnataka and Rajasthan.
Under NULM, an expenditure of Rs.77.36 cr has been incurred on sheltering urban homeless since the financial year 2014-15.