Ludhiana, Dec. 17 -- While applications for the Pradhanmantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) Rural 2.0 have already been completed, there are around 1,066 houses in Ludhiana, sanctioned under PMAY 1.0, waiting for the completion. PMAY Rural 2.0 is the next phase of flagship housing scheme, focusing on providing financial assistance for building affordable, quality houses.

In PMAY 1.0, a total of 3,095 applications from areas under Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) were accepted. Out of which, only 2,029 of the sanctioned houses have been completed so far. The applications for the first phase of PMAY were taken in 2018.

MC officials claim that the houses are to be built by the applicants and the financial assistance is only released once they begi...