LUCKNOW, Aug. 22 -- The Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board (Awas Vikas Parishad) is set to launch its long-delayed Saumitra Vihar Housing Scheme on New Jail Road near Gosainganj within the next three months. Officials said procedural approvals and land documentation that had stalled the project are now being resolved.

Deputy housing commissioner Chandan Kumar Patel on Thursday confirmed that the lottery for farmers, who surrendered land under the pooling system, will take place in the last week of August this year. "The general public will get access to the scheme after farmers are allotted their share," he added.

According to Board secretary Niraj Shukla, the scheme will be rolled out in two phases, with each offering about 2,...