Kolkata, Aug. 7 -- At least 57,000 names will be removed from the list of beneficiaries of Awas Yojana (housing scheme) in West Bengal because they were already struck off from the electoral rolls during the special intensive revision (SIR) in 2025, state panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh said on Thursday. "Around 9.1 million names have been struck off from the voters' list during SIR in the state. Of these, around 57,000 people received assistance under the awas yojana. They are not eligible to avail this fund and their names will be struck off," said Ghosh. He was speaking at an administrative programme at the state secretariat where chief minister Suvendu Adhikari handed over cheques and transferred funds directly to t...