RANCHI, March 14 -- The wait for around 400 beneficiaries to get a house in exchange for the acquisition of their land for the new Assembly building is set to get longer as the state government is verifying the list of the original landowners from Kute and Aaani villages.

Responding to a question from BJP legislator Naveen Jaiswal about when beneficiaries would move into the new houses-which were constructed six years ago and are now in dilapidated condition, urban development minister Sudivya Kumar said the list was being verified because questions have been raised about around 150 persons on the list of land owners provided to the state government.

"It is perhaps the only example wherein a private company was given the task to identif...